<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
delegated	B-General_Concept
administration	I-General_Concept
or	O
delegation	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
control	I-General_Concept
describes	O
the	O
decentralization	O
of	O
role-based-access-control	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
large	O
organizations	O
,	O
this	O
model	O
scales	O
poorly	O
and	O
IT	B-General_Concept
teams	O
become	O
burdened	O
with	O
menial	O
role-change	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
delegation	O
involves	O
assigning	O
a	O
person	O
or	O
group	O
specific	O
administrative	O
permissions	O
for	O
an	O
Organizational	B-Protocol
Unit	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
best	O
practice	O
for	O
enterprise	O
role	O
management	O
entails	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Delegated	B-General_Concept
administration	I-General_Concept
refers	O
to	O
a	O
decentralized	O
model	O
of	O
role	O
or	O
group	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
centralized	O
IT	B-General_Concept
team	O
simply	O
operates	O
the	O
service	O
of	O
directory	O
,	O
metadirectory	B-General_Concept
,	O
web	O
interface	O
for	O
administration	O
,	O
and	O
related	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
metadirectory	B-General_Concept
environment	O
,	O
these	O
roles	O
or	O
groups	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
"	O
pushed	O
"	O
or	O
synchronized	O
with	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
groups	O
can	O
be	O
synchronized	O
with	O
native	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
for	O
use	O
on	O
an	O
access	O
control	O
list	O
that	O
protects	O
a	O
folder	O
or	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
metadirectory	B-General_Concept
distributing	O
groups	O
,	O
the	O
central	O
directory	O
is	O
the	O
central	O
repository	O
of	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
enterprise	O
applications	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
PeopleSoft	O
)	O
support	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
groups	O
inherently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
applications	O
are	O
capable	O
of	O
using	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
to	O
call	O
the	O
directory	O
for	O
its	O
authorization	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web-based	O
group	O
management	O
tools	O
—	O
used	O
for	O
delegated	B-General_Concept
administration	I-General_Concept
—	O
therefore	O
provide	O
the	O
following	O
capabilities	O
using	O
a	O
directory	O
as	O
the	O
group	O
repository	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Active	I-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
the	O
administrative	O
permissions	O
this	O
is	O
accomplished	O
using	O
the	O
Delegation	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Control	I-General_Concept
Wizard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
use	O
of	O
Delegation	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Control	I-General_Concept
could	O
be	O
to	O
give	O
managers	O
complete	O
control	O
of	O
users	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
department	O
.	O
</s>
