Access Manager 3.1 offers built-in support for WS-federation, a single sign-on feature.
Support for WS-Federation, a set of interoperable access and authentication standards, allows organisations to easily and securely share business data in mixed-source IT environments.
This enables IT security administrators to grant non-Windows directory users, partners or organisations, single sign-on access to Microsoft web-based products such as Microsoft Office SharePoint.
The product provides a secure means to federate identities from any LDAP directory into a Microsoft infrastructure, eliminating the need to purchase a separate identity federation product.
This is important for organisations that need an access management solution that supports a broad range of platforms and directory services in complex multi-vendor computing environments.