1.0 Introduction to Drivers

As part of your Identity Manager deployment, NetIQ provides Identity Manager drivers to connect information between popular business applications, directories, and databases. The business policies you implement using drivers can help to reduce management costs, increase productivity and security, and provide event reporting and auditing.

This guide provides conceptual, procedural, and reference information that is applicable to all Identity Manager drivers. For information that is specific to individual drivers, see the appropriate guide on the Identity Manager Drivers Documentation Website.

This chapter includes the following sections: