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 Java System 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.

For details about Sun's portfolio of identity management solutions, see:
Product Data Sheets | Benefits | Offerings

What's New

October 07, 2008
Ask the Experts Transcript: OpenSSO
Will OpenSSO support Active Directory to integrate with Windows authentication? Will it support all the databases like SQL 2005/2008 and Oracle 11g? Find the answers to these and a variety of other questions about OpenSSO in the Ask the Experts transcript.

September 26, 2008
Deploying OpenSSO on GlassFish Application Server
Go open source for identity management! Deployment of OpenSSO on GlassFish application server results in an ideal environment for developing secure Web applications. This article describes the basic deployment process, including the predeployment and configuration steps.

September 26, 2008
Ask the Experts About OpenSSO: September 29-October 3
Got a question about OpenSSO, Sun's open-source project for access management, identity federation, and Web services? Post it during the week of September 29 and get answers from key members of Sun's access and federation management team.

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FAQs

Newly published 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.

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.