This figure models the components of an identity management solution. It shows a blue circle enclosing six ellipses labeled as follows:

• Directory Service

• Directory Integration

• Provisioning Framework

• PKI Certificate Authority

• Delegated Administration

• User authentication

Beside it are a set of green rectangles labeled Enterprise Applications, consisting of: E-mail, ERP and CRM applications, web-based applications, databases, legacy applications, remote access services, and so on.