Introduction
Cirrus Managed Identities makes it easy to adapt credentials from many authentication providers, enrich them with attributes from many sources of truth, and translate the result into a standardized authentication transaction any app can understand.
It's the lightweight data layer for authentication you've been looking for.
Common Implementation Patterns
Managed Identities is flexible by design, and can be used in many different configurations.
Assert Standard Identifier To Applications
If you have an application that needs multiple authentication providers, but aren't able to store and sync a standard unique user identifier between them.
Multi-Proxy Deployment
Using multiple Cirrus Proxy deployments allows for a unique login experience for different sets of applications with Managed Identities powering a lightweight attribute store with distributed governance.
Central Retiree or Alumni Attribute Management
If you have many apps you want to allow your connected affiliate network to continue to access, but you have distributed sources of truth about them.