Identity Management Realms in a Hosted Deployment

In a hosted deployment, the application service provider (ASP) supplies one or more companies with identity management services and hosts applications for them. Each hosted company is associated with a separate identity management realm where users of that company are managed. Users belonging to the application service provider are managed in a different realm, typically the default realm.

Figure 19-3 shows a hosted deployment with two hosted companies.

Figure 19-3 Hosted Deployment Use Case

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In the example in Figure 19-3, the ASP users manage various applications hosted for the hosted company. Each hosted company has an associated identity management realm where the ASP manages its users, groups and associated policies.