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Currently all UMB employees (Faculty and Staff) and all UMB students exist in the UMB-DS and can utilize it.  There are also over 1400 affiliate users that people in UPI, UMMS, Dental Corporation, UMBI, or other affiliation that require access to UMB-DS connected applications or services.  Anyone that needs to become part of the UMB-DS has the ability to do so upon application and sponsorship.

The goal of the UMB Directory Service (UMB-DS) is to:

  • Provide a central system for user authentication and identity information
  • Have a central repository that provides a common username and password for users to every application that use the service
  • Ensure demographic person data is consistent across enterprise applications by leveraging identity information
  • Require minimal user intervention and system administration to maintain

CITS has developed a number of resources for Schools and departments to use to employ UMB-DS in their environments, including:

  • A copy of the UMB-DS schema (the listing of all information stored for each user)
  • Code snippets that assist custom applications to connect to UMB-DS
  • Standard configuration data that LDAP capable applications typically require
  • Recent presentations and best practices

In addition, CITS is available for strategic and technical consultation concerning Identity Management and taking advantage of the UMB-DS by emailing us at DL-CITS Directory Services.

For an overview of UMB-DS and next steps, download/view the UMB Directory Services Implementation Guide.

ATTENTION:

myUMB ID

The myUMB ID went live in Fall 2007.  The myUMB ID allows users to define their own enterprise directory username.  This username can then be used to authenticate into any application or service connected to the enterprise UMB-DS.   This ID can be leveraged not only by central applications, but also by individual schools and departments that utilize the UMB-DS.  The myUMB ID and other features of your myUMB account can be administered at the myUMB Account Management Site.