Patent ID: 8966045
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for chan in functioning of at least one computer by migrating locally-managed identities to centrally-managed identities, the method comprising: providing, on computer hardware including at least one computer processor, at least one interface control configured to receive input from at least one input device and to communicate the input to the computer hardware, thereby enabling a user to create a migration project to be carried out by the computer hardware; receiving, by the interface control from the input device, an identification of locally-managed identities associated with locally-managed account groups; receiving, by the interface control from the input device, a specification of a migration of the locally-managed account groups to one or more centrally-managed account groups such that the migration of the locally-managed account groups migrates the locally-managed identities associated with the locally-managed account groups to the one or more centrally-managed account groups and preserves local group membership information and identity attributes about the locally-managed identities migrated to the one or more centrally-managed account groups; receiving, by the interface control from the input device, a specification of migration rules for the migration project; receiving, by the interface control from the input device, a specification of a migration schedule for the migration project; and executing the migration rules with the computer hardware including the at least one computer processor according to the migration schedule to automatically migrate the locally-managed identities associated with the locally-managed account groups to the one or more centrally-managed account groups in a manner that preserves the local group membership information of migrated locally-managed identities.