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Hello there is a great opp for me at my company to take over the management of IDM I did post something a couple of months ago, but since then I went in to the windows group, this position is now coming to be available. I have never worked with IDM, and really want to take this job on. I am a CAN, CNE, MCP,MCSE, and CCNA so I know that side of it, but not a programmer. I am planning on building a server getting a windows 2003 server running and active directory installed, and a netware 6.5 server and also a client or two. What do I do from there. Thanks you so much
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OK, so you set up a NetWare (or OES) server, and a Windoze box. Now set up an Identity Manager server and break out the Driver Designer (or whatever they're calling it now). Try creating a driver to watch for the creation of a User in eDirectory and have it populate the user into AD. Try using the "Text/CSV" driver to take a file dropped into a specific directory and turn it into a user account in eDirectory. Stand up an OES-Linux server or even just a straight SLES server and use the appropriate driver to populate the Linux /etc/password file from eDirectory.
Identity Manager is an incredibly powerful tool. Those 3 things just scratch the surface. Its possible to centralize management of a wide heterogeneous platform environment. Using its web-based interface and workflow, you can even turn initial account generation (for example, for new employees) over to HR. You can push routine security changes (e.g. giving User X access to Printer Y or Directory Z) down the the "owner" of that resource, or the person's supervisor. Give the Information Security Officer the ability to disable any specific account on any platform connected to Identity Manager. Have users reset their own password if they forget it, using a mix of pre-defined and user-defined challenge questions.
Literally, there's no enuf room here to describe everything. Like any other complex environment, start simple, learn the basics, and build on the lessons along the way.