About Identity Services
Identity Services allow you to integrate established repositories
of user information into your portal.
Users, groups, and group membership configuration can
be imported into the portal. Users logging into the portal can be
authenticated against the existing system of record. Information about
users can be imported from any number of external sources and mapped
to portal properties, which can then be made available to the portal
or other services.
- Authentication services are used to import users into the portal
and authenticate them against a back-end system. For details, see About Authentication Services
- Profile services are used to import information about existing
portal users from external systems and map that information to portal
properties. For details, see About Profile Services
In addition to the authentication and profile services, the following
functionality is available to control portal users in your implementation:
- Experience definitions let you tailor portal experiences for different
groups of users. For details, see the portal online help.
- Remote User Operations allow you to access and manage portal
users from remote applications. For details, see About Remote User Operations.
- About Authentication ServicesAuthentication services are comprised of two parts: synchronization and authentication. Together, these components import new users and allow them to authenticate against the external system of record.
- About Profile ServicesProfile services are used to import information about existing portal users from external systems. This information is mapped to portal properties and made available to other services.
