Identity Management - Sun Microsystems

Welcome to the developer center for Sun's comprehensive portfolio of identity management solutions:

Sun OpenSSO Enterprise (formerly Sun Java System Access Manager and Sun Java System Federation Manager) secures access to Web applications and enables federation, both within enterprises and across business-to-business (B2B) value chains.
Sun Directory Server provides a central repository for storing and managing identity profiles, access privileges, and application and network resource information.
Sun Identity Manager offers comprehensive user provisioning and identity auditing for efficiently and securely managing identity profiles and permissions across enterprises.
Sun Role Manager (formerly Vaau RBACx) streamlines access control and identity compliance by engineering and managing roles.
Sun Identity Compliance Manager integrates and automates enterprise-wide access certification.

For details about Sun's portfolio of identity management solutions, see:
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What's New

January 15, 2010
Webinar: Identity Manager and Role Manager Update
Join this free Webinar on Wednesday, January 20 at 10 a.m. PT to learn about the latest identity administration advancements for Identity Manager and Role Manager, including one-click enablement of compliant provisioning, integrated role assignment, and more.

November 24, 2009
Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Now Available
This latest version has been optimized to increase performance by more than three times when compared to its predecessor and provides innovations that improve authentication and modification performance by 60 percent.

November 11, 2009
Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons: Part 5, Identity Provider Initiated Fedlet Single Sign-On
Use the Firefox web browser to explore an OpenSSO identity provider initiated fedlet deployment.

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FAQs

Developer-centric Q&As! Nine sections are now available: General; Administration Console; Authentication; Single Sign-On (SSO) and Sessions; Liberty Alliance and SAML (1) and (2); Identity Management; Service Management SDK; and Performance and Sizing, Policy, Session Failover and Deployment, and Agents.

Also see the general FAQs on Sun's identity management products and find out why you should choose them:

Community

Open-Source Identity Management
The Identity Management Community points you to new and innovative open-source projects. Learn more about OpenSSO, the open-source project for Sun Java System Access Manager; and OpenDS, the next-generation LDAP directory server. Also see the OpenSSO blogs.

Forums
Visit these identity management forums to post new topics, browse recent messages, and find additional resources: Access Manager, Directory Server, Identity Manager, and Identity Management — Open Source.

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Podcasts, Videos, Blogs

Hear from the Sun identity management team, customers, partners, and colleagues about the latest news and technology trends in the industry.

Demos

What is Identity Management?

Explore how Sun can help you manage, audit, protect, share, and store identity data.

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What is Federation?

Watch this quick, self-running Flash presentation to learn more about identity federation. Watch now

Support

Support Services for Identity Management
Sun Software Service Plans provide comprehensive support ranging from telephone and online technical support to proactive features such as a dedicated customer service team and interoperability support.

Identity Management Professional Services
Sun's Identity Management Professional Services offerings help you quickly and successfully implement identity solutions that address many key IT security and compliance concerns.

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Training and Certification

Learn about identity management training courses and find out about certification programs for developers and architects.