Methods for adding Content Manager users
The way Content Manager users get added to the system depends on the way user access has been set up for the Tridion Sites Classic user interface.
Access Management and user provisioning
When using Access Management (the preferred method of user access management) you do not need to manually create user profiles in Content Manager. The user accounts are instead created in the external identity provider (IdP) by an IdP administrator. When a user attempts to log in to Content Manager Explorer for the first time and the IdP authenticates them, Access Management automatically handles the provisioning of the user account in Content Manager (and in Access Management itself).
Deprecated processes for adding users
- Manually adding Windows domain users
- If using Windows Domain (Active Directory) authentication without Access Management, you can must users directly through the User Management feature. When adding users, you select existing user accounts from Windows Domain (Active Directory). This is the default if you do not implement Access Management or any other alternative method of authentication.
- Provisioning users with SAML
- If using a SAML-based external IdP that was configured in the legacy way, that is directly rather than through Access Management, a user provisioning process creates the user accounts. The process is very similar to the provisioning with Access Management.
- Importing users from an LDAP server
- If using LDAP authentication that was configured directly rather than through Access Management, you must import users from the LDAP-accessible server to the Content Manager. You then need to create mappings between LDAP groups and groups within the Content Manager. The identity of the user is authenticated against the external Directory Service.
Identifying information for a user
In Content Manager, a user is identified by the following profile details:
- Name
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This is a read-only field that displays the user ID from the external IdP. It may also be prefaced with the name of the IdP, for example:
Company IDP\wwalker - Display Name
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This field is editable and can contain whatever text you would like to use to identify the user in Content Manager, for example:
Wyatt Walker.