Hi specialists,
I have been a long time reader but this is my first reach out for some advice, so if I am not following the correct rules please be patient.
At the moment I am writing a design document for IDM 8 in an existing SAP landscape but have two questions that I cannot find clarity on in the documentation available:
1) With respect to an IDM landscape I was under the impression that a two tier landscape would be appropriate in a similar way to Solution Manager is used. The proposal I was going to make was to use the development box as both a development and test environment using two identity stores (development and test) and to duplicate the repositories. What I cannot understand is how the user interface would behave with this proposal as there would be just one UI for both identity stores? What is the SAP best practice and what is your experience?
2) Using HCM integration means that HCM is likely to be the leading system for identity creation, with ECC initial loads run second to create system privileges. This approach will result in all existing identities being assigned system privileges that would have to be manually migrated to the new business role design in IDM. How have you approached this task, is it worthwhile not doing the initial loads in existing landscapes and simply assigning new business roles to replace the existing privilege assignments?
Thanks,
Andy