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If you use Active Directory for storing the user authentication related data, Ubisecure Directory is still used for storing some of the configuration data concerning Ubisecure CustomerID.
Ubisecure Directory is a shared repository with Ubisecure SSO. Microsoft Active Directory is an optional user authentication data repository.
Ubisecure Directory
Ubisecure Directory is the name of the Ubisecure CustomerID's internal user authentication data repository. By default, Ubisecure CustomerID uses Ubisecure Directory as its main configuration and user authentication data repository. However, user authentication data can optionally be stored also in Microsoft Active Directory.
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| Figure 2. The high-level UbisecureCustomerIDmain repository structure |
Active Directory
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NOTE:Microsoft Active Directory usage for storing user authentication related data will be deprecated in future versions. This is because we will be moving to using an SQL database as the storage for all data and migrations from Microsoft Active Directory will be more problematic than migrations from Ubisecure Directory. |
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For example, the storage of social security numbers of external users in a company internal database may cause unwanted administrative overhead because of mandatory data reporting legislation.
Ubisecure CustomerID Database
Ubisecure CustomerID contains an internal database for all Ubisecure CustomerID data storage needs. The database is used, for example, to hold the workflow state, custom attributes and in conjunction with user approvals to hold information about the user and the approver.
The database also contains some duplicate data to the main repository because it facilitates faster lookups concerning that data.
The database contains multiple tables, which are described in the following table.
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