When NetIQ released IDM 4 with IDM Designer v4.0, they introduced the concept of a driver “package”. This was followed by the idea of layering packages, so that new features could be added, old features removed, and generally we would no longer have single…
Approving a Workflow Programmatically
The IDM engine includes tokens for a great many functions, including a number of common workflow operations. These tokens are the bridge from the metadirectory (Novell) side of IDM to the workflow (SilverStream…
One of the many great things about Identity Manager (IDM) from NetIQ/Micro Focus is the event-driven nature of it. Besides running on top of an actual directory and authentication source (rather than needing to aggregate data from external sources only…
I've been asked a few times about the purpose of various policysets; for what purpose do we have this one vs. that one? Why Event vs. Command, or Creation vs. Placement? There are reasons for all of them, and if followed properly life can be much simpler…