The following overview assumes that you understand entitlements (as explained in the Understanding Entitlements
in the Identity Manager 4.0.1 Entitlements Guide) and have created the entitlements you want to manage through the Entitlements Service driver.
The Entitlements Service driver is one of three entitlement agents that you can use to grant entitlements, or permission slips, to users. The other two entitlement agents are the role-based provisioning component (see Role-Based Entitlements:
in the Identity Manager 4.0.1 Entitlements Guide) and workflow-based provisioning component in the User Application (see User Application Workflow-Based Provisioning:
in the Identity Manager 4.0.1 Entitlements Guide).
The following sections provide information to help you understand the Entitlements Service driver: