CA Identity Manager Implementation Guide › Planning Your Implementation › Decide What to Manage › Provisioning Accounts from Other Applications › Endpoint Management

Endpoint Management

To provision accounts, you define and manage endpoints in the CA Identity Manager User Console. An endpoint is a system for which users need access. Examples of endpoints include Oracle databases, UNIX NIS servers, Windows servers, and Microsoft Exchange servers. Use Account templates to create accounts and determine the user capabilities in managed endpoints.

Note: You can also use the Provisioning Manager to define and manage endpoints. Although we recommend using the User Console for most endpoint management tasks, there are some tasks that require the Provisioning Manager, such as managing certain endpoint attributes and managing endpoint objects other than accounts. For more information about the Provisioning Manager, see the Provisioning Reference.