1.2 Benefits
As the following examples illustrate, the driver enables you
to automate and maintain business processes. You can:
- Automatically create an Identity Vault
account when an individual is hired or a student is admitted.
- Automatically delete or deactivate Identity Vault
accounts when an employee terminates.
- Synchronize bidirectional data between PeopleSoft
and the Identity Vault.
- Maintain accurate and consistent Identity Vault
IDs.
- Define password policies (for example, a birthdate,
social security number, and first and last name combinations).
- Via Identity Vault, seamlessly allow integration
between PeopleSoft and multiple applications (for example, eDirectory,
Lotus Notes*, Netscape*, Exchange, Active Directory*).
- Create other eDirectory objects associated with
a PeopleSoft object (for example, account codes or department records).
- Synchronize attributes between PeopleSoft and the
Identity Vault.
- Synchronize data from the Identity Vault to PeopleSoft.
The driver includes the following:
- The Event Server program
- The driver shim
- The PeopleSoft Service Agent (PSA)
- A driver configuration file
You can configure the PSA and the driver objects to enhance
your organization’s business processes. Before installing
and configuring the driver, you evaluate and define those processes.
During installation, you configure the driver’s policies
to automate these processes wherever possible.