[ActiveDir] Managing Third-Party Users

[Marcus.Oh]

My trusted directory resource,   I don’t remember if this came up on a previous post… but don’t recall seeing the topic.  As things become more and more integrated w/ some form of ldap authentication against a common directory, the necessity for managing outside vendors, contractors, etc is becoming a larger and larger task.  If you’re in a situation where the vendor has a large population of users that require access … with incredible churn, this becomes a big issue.   I’m curious what, if anything, anyone else is doing to use some sort of federated system so that user management is left at the hands of the third-party companies.  I’m curious also if anyone is aware of any consulting groups that have done this sort of thing w/ an agnostic approach that can fit most environments.  I’d love to get an idea of where the industry is heading with this sort of thing.  I’m sure the topic probably came up at DEC which I didn’t have the luxury of attending.   Thanks all!   marcus c. oh | cox communications, inc. | 404.847.6117 | marcusoh.blogspot.com