As I wrote here, Mary Jo Foley's interpretation of one of the diagrams in John Shewchuk's second WAAD post made it clear we needed to get a lot visually crisper about what we were trying to show. So I promised that we'd go back to the drawing board. John put our next version out on twitter, got more feedback (see comments below) and ended up with what Mary Jo christened “Diagram 2.0”. Seriously, getting feedback from so many people who bring such different experiences to bear on something like this is amazing. I know the result is infinitely clearer than what we started with.
In the last frame of the diagram, any of the directories represented by the blue symbol could be an on-premise AD, a Windows Azure AD, something hybrid, an OpenLDAP directory, an Oracle directory or anything else. Our view is that having your directory operated in the cloud simplifies a lot. And we want WAAD to be the best possible cloud directory service, operating directories that are completely under the control of their data owners: enterprises, organizations, government departments and startups.
Further comments welcome.
@Kim_Cameron: RT @johnshew: With @Kim_Cameron: new #IdMaaS picture. Good feedback from @craigburton & @garth_fort. Other suggestions? http://t.co/W3J03RuN
@dak3: RT @johnshew: With @Kim_Cameron: new #IdMaaS picture. Good feedback from @craigburton & @garth_fort. Other suggestions? http://t.co/W3J03RuN
@bitcrazed: RT @johnshew: With @Kim_Cameron: new #IdMaaS picture. Good feedback from @craigburton & @garth_fort. Other suggestions? http://t.co/W3J03RuN
@xvilapueyo: RT @johnshew: With @Kim_Cameron: new #IdMaaS picture. Good feedback from @craigburton & @garth_fort. Other suggestions? http://t.co/W3J03RuN
@djros: RT @johnshew: With @Kim_Cameron: new #IdMaaS picture. Good feedback from @craigburton & @garth_fort. Other suggestions? http://t.co/W3J03RuN
@maryjofoley: @johnshew I vote for an octagon! Or a hexagon! Even a square. Seriously, I agree something with more corners 🙂
@JohnFontana: @johnshew make it the same shape as all the other “centers” of the multi-centered world, which would show they are peers.
@Hexagonbot: RT @johnshew: @maryjofoley I like the hexagon idea. Hoping to avoid another rectangle/square and use it for apps.
@Hexagonbot: RT @maryjofoley: @johnshew I vote for an octagon! Or a hexagon! Even a square. Seriously, I agree something with more corners 🙂
@marypcbuk: @maryjofoley @johnshew could it be something like a gear or cog to connotate that it plays an active role? or filing cabinet!
@halberenson: @johnshew Architecture by Twitter?
@NishantK: @travisspencer IMO, @johnshew's posts talk about SaaS connecting to WAAD using Graph API (read, not prov) @IdentityMonk @JohnFontana
@travisspencer: @NishantK Check out @vibronet's TechEd Europe talk on @ch9. It really sounded like provisioning /cc @johnshew @IdentityMonk @JohnFontana
@travisspencer: @NishantK But if it's SaaS reading and/or writing, then I agree, it's not provisioning /cc @johnshew @IdentityMonk @JohnFontana
@travisspencer: @NishantK But even read/write access by SaaS *could* be done w/ SCIM if it did everything MS needs /cc @johnshew @IdentityMonk @JohnFontana
@NishantK: @travisspencer That part I agree with. I previously asked about conflict/overlap of Graph API with SCIM @johnshew @IdentityMonk @JohnFontana
@IdentityMonk: @travisspencer @NishantK @johnshew @JohnFontana check slide 33 of SIA322 it is really creating new users
@IdentityMonk: @NishantK @travisspencer @johnshew @JohnFontana it is JSON vs XML over HTTP… as often, MS is doing the same as standards with its own
@travisspencer: @IdentityMonk They had to ship, so it's NP. Now, bring those ideas & reqs to IETF & let's get 1 std for all @NishantK @johnshew @JohnFontana
@NishantK: @IdentityMonk But isn't that slide talking about creating users in WAAD (not prov to SF or Webex)? @travisspencer @johnshew @JohnFontana
@IdentityMonk: @NishantK @travisspencer @johnshew @JohnFontana indeed. But its like they re one step of 2nd phase. What are your partners position on that?
@IdentityMonk: @travisspencer @NishantK @johnshew @JohnFontana I hope SCIM will not face a #LetTheWookieWin situation
@NishantK: @johnshew @IdentityMonk @travisspencer @JohnFontana Not assuming anything about WAAD. Wondering about overlap between SCIM & Open Graph API
@Kim_Cameron: RT @JohnFontana: @johnshew make it the same shape as all the other “centers” of the multi-centered world, which would show they are peers.
Corners are sooo 20th century 😉
Kim – great stuff and it builds on your presentation in paris. I need to get in touch with you to connect you witha client interested in these concepts. Please can you drop me a note at nalneesh at yahoo dot com.