Mergers and Acquisitions and the Role of
Virtual Identity Server (VIS) in Directory Unification

In today’s dynamic business landscape, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures have become increasingly common as organizations seek to expand their market presence, acquire new capabilities, or streamline their operations. However, these transformative events also present significant challenges for IT departments tasked with integrating disparate systems and ensuring business continuity. One of the most critical and complex aspects of post-merger integration is the unification of directory services, which play a pivotal role in managing user identities, access control, and application permissions across the enterprise.

Optimal IdM’s Virtual Identity Server (VIS) offers a powerful solution to streamline the directory unification process during mergers and acquisitions. By acting as a virtual directory layer above existing Active Directory (AD) forests, VIS enables rapid integration of identity data across merged organizations without the need for time-consuming and expensive data migration or synchronization. This whitepaper explores the challenges of directory unification during M&A, traditional approaches and their limitations, and how VIS, in conjunction with Optimal IdM’s OptimalCloud, provides a secure, scalable, and cost-efficient solution for seamless identity and access management.

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