Identity governance

Internal Versus External Application Hosting

Internal versus external application hosting is the distinction used to assess how easily an application can be integrated into the IAM model.

Definition

Internal versus external application hosting distinguishes applications managed inside the enterprise information system from those operated by an outside provider. This matters during migration because externally hosted applications are often harder to onboard unless they are already compatible with standards such as SAML or OIDC.

The Ariovis perspective

Migration choices should reflect application criticality, hosting, protocol support and operational readiness. Ariovis favors progressive onboarding over a big-bang assumption.

These concepts matter most inside a real project.

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