Portal Server Delegated Administration

Portal Server allows super administrators to assign access privileges for Portal Server resources to delegated administrators. In complex enterprises, granting delegated administration status to decentralize the administrative function can improve portal management.

Administrators delegate privileges to subjects, which can be users, roles, or organizations. If the subject is a user, that user has access privileges. If the subject is a role, all users in that role have access privileges. If the subject is an organization, all the users in that organization have access privileges.

A Portal Server resource is a component, entity, or object in PortalDomain, a Portal Server installation that the portal administrator can manage, monitor and configure. PortalDomain resources include the following:

• Portal

  • Desktop

  • Web Services for Remote Portlet consumer

  • Web Services for Remote Portlet producer

  • Subscriptions

  • Communities

  • User behavior tracking

  • Logging

  • Monitoring

• Search server

• Secure Remote Access server

• SSO Adapter

The delegated administrator's privileges determine which PortalDomain resources that the delegated administrator can manage. These options for privileges are available:

• Manage all aspects of a portal

• Manage some aspects of any Portal Server resource

• Manage the display profiles for some other roles

Both role DNs and user DNs can use these options to manage assigned resources:

• Management console – The Portal Server resources assigned to the delegated administrator are available to the delegated administrator. For example, if the delegated administrator is granted Search server privileges, the management console provides the Search Server tab on the delegated administrator's home page. Other functions are unavailable.

• Desktop – An Admin tab on the delegated administrator's Desktop is available for managing the Portal Server resources assigned to the delegated administrator.