Novell Identity Manager uses entitlements as a way for you to provide users with access to resources in connected systems.
You can think of an entitlement as a permission slip. For example, if you want a new employee to be given an Active Directory account when he or she is added to your Human Resource system, the user must have a permission slip, or entitlement, for the Active Directory account. If the user doesn’t have the permission slip, he or she doesn’t receive the account.
The following sections explain how entitlements work and how they make administration of your Identity Manager system more efficient.