{"id":3455,"date":"2022-12-02T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T15:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/blog\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2022-12-29T16:42:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:42:03","slug":"why-centralized-user-management-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/why-centralized-user-management-is-important","title":{"rendered":"Centralized Identity Management: A Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Modern IT environments are incredibly diverse, and while this is great for many reasons, it can also make the IT department\u2019s job more difficult. Today\u2019s environments are often comprised of a mixture of on-prem and cloud resources, corporate owned and BYOD<\/a> devices, varying device and operating system (OS) types such as Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of these factors, plus the popularity of hybrid work, add complexity around managing identities and sometimes make it feel like centralized and simplified identity management is out of the question. Luckily, this is not the case at all, though some organizations might need to adjust their infrastructure and tool choices to be more future-proof to achieve a modern and unified identity management strategy. Let\u2019s take a look at why that is and how it can be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centralized Identity Management Barriers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned above, heterogenous IT environments can be a problem for IT, because resources live in many different places, employees work from all over the world, and there are a plethora of device and OS types out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how some of these factors affect identity management:<\/p>\n\n\n\n