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The University of Minnesota's Office of Information Technology provides directory services for efficient provisioning of applications and people across different campuses. Seamless movement between applications with various identifiers. Choose the right identifier for your application to streamline data flow.
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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.