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User, Group and Organization Managed Object Descriptions

In CA Identity Manager, you manage the following types of objects that correspond to entries in a user directory:

Users

Represent users in an enterprise. A user belongs to a single organization.

Groups

Represent associations of users who have something in common.

Organizations

Represent business units. Organizations may contain users, groups, and other organizations.

An object description contains the following information:

• Information about the object, such as the LDAP object class and the container in which objects are stored.
• The attributes that store information about an entry. For example, the pager attribute stores a pager number.

Note: An Identity Manager environment supports only one type of user, group and organization object. For example, all user objects have the same object class.

More information:

CA Directory Considerations

Microsoft Active Directory Considerations

IBM Directory Server Considerations

Oracle Internet Directory Considerations