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User Store

(Required) A SiteMinder user store connection (user store connection) is a connection to an existing user directory or database in your enterprise network. You are not required to use a proprietary SiteMinder user store. The purpose of the user store connection is to make user data available to the Policy Server, which includes the following:

• Organizational information
• User and group attributes
• User credentials, such as passwords
• User attributes, such as first and last name

The Policy Server uses these connections to:

• Verify user credentials when an Agent submits a request for a protected resource
• Retrieve user attributes for the SiteMinder features that require specific user data

Note: For more information about configuring a user store connection, see the documentation roadmap.