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Provisioning People and Applications. Frank Grewe Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota fjg@umn.edu. o=University of Minnesota,c=US. Enterprise directory services which provisions applications and people, who…. Live, work, play, in:. umn.edu (Minneapolis & St. Paul)
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Provisioning People and Applications Frank Grewe Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota fjg@umn.edu
o=University of Minnesota,c=US Enterprise directory services which provisions applications and people, who…
Live, work, play, in: • umn.edu (Minneapolis & St. Paul) • d.umn.edu (Duluth) • mrs.umn.edu (Morris) • crk.umn.edu or UMCrookston.edu (Crookston) • med.umn.edu or fairview.org or mayo.org (Medical School) • ext.umn.edu or co.county.mn.us (Extension Services) • Etc., …
Identifiers • umnDID • InternetID • EmplID • PatronID • UCardID • DonorID • WhocaresID
Identifier Mapping • Directory provides seamless movement between applications which require different identifiers. • Choice of identifier by an application is most often intuitive. • Applications developers can make bad choices.
Applications • Databases • Library Patron Database • Sports and Rec • Food Services (Dorms)
Applications • UNIX • Coordinate Campuses • IT Labs • Network OS • NT4 • NT5 (aka AD) • Novell
Applications • WebCT • Data flow in both directions • Public Portals • Guest account mechanism • Applications can populate attributes • One ID across all portals • Identifier mapping allows transition to full account status.