Onboard multiple AD applications in SailPoint
The key to the management of identities, an agile Active Directory (AD) acts as a map between names and values. In comparison to native tools, it is easier and faster for addressing the auditing and security needs of an enterprise, along with ensuring workflow streamlining, providing business continuity and optimizing IT capabilities. In fact, the core to office automation is to provide a repository of directories that identifies all resources within a network and connects them to users and applications. Active Directory brings together resources, users, networks and access points, offering a platform to enable better management of users with departmental access to corporate services and business resources. However, undertaking such access control over all enterprise applications and shared files could be a complex process. SailPoint, with its specialized identity solutions, such as IdentityIQ and IdentityNow, has been able to provide an apt solution. With the integration of SailPoint with Active Directory, enterprises are able to provision and de-provision accesses in a seamless manner across all applications, domains and files. Thus ensuring a secure and compliant hybrid IT environment.
Why integrate AD in SailPoint?
Managing identity profiles become easier with the integration of SailPoint with AD. It enables companies to control operational activities, such as password management, provisioning and de-provisioning accesses, with the help of a central dashboard. Such integration provides the following benefits:
- Centralized dashboard: Managing various domains, groups and users from a central point, including mailing users from a single dashboard.
- Quick access to users: Granting and revoking user accesses, including employee onboarding and offboarding in an automated and easier manner.
- Compliant accesses: Providing approval to access various applications as per the defined enterprise policies.
- Track changes: Getting alerts of any changes in the Active Directory, including policy changes, group changes, account lock, object actions, etc.
How to onboard multiple AD applications in SailPoint?
To create holistic identity governance, it is imperative to select appropriate systems and sequences for onboarding and deploying SailPoint products with multiple Active Directories. An organized approach for integration enables enterprises to achieve their end goal, which could be to prioritize infrastructure, plan a long-term roadmap or manage numerous directories. Here are some of the pertinent points to keep in mind while onboarding multiple AD applications in SailPoint:
