It goes without saying that any company needs an appropriate identity management system. A safe and convenient solution in the form of Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) became advantageous for the Dubai Department of Health and Medical Services (DOHMS). The present paper describes the benefits of the technology and assesses the outcomes of the integration of in-house HR systems with Oracle, productivity changes, preservation of time, and mail administration under the new circumstances.
Owing to Oracle Database usage, DOHMS human resources management obtained many benefits in terms of data collection and convenience of references. The choice of Oracle may be considered right. Before the changes were implemented, nobody could guarantee that private information was accurate and pertinent. An employee could change their domicile, name, and so on, but the irrelevant information remained. MIIS controlled the whole lifecycle of staff members’ identities since Oracles provided protected and convenient transactions.
The integration with external services resulted in up-to-date changes in most of the data; additional details, such as phone numbers, could be addressed by users themselves via “employee self-service.” Thus, in-house HR systems became more precise.
Improved productivity was the direct consequence of the introduced innovations. IT workers used to spend much time (3-14 days per year) on creating accounts because they had to add information manually and refer to three different systems. Apparently, it led to a lower level of productivity: IT employees performed mechanical work while they could engage themselves in more important activities. Overall, the higher level of productivity is connected with the time that workers may spend on decision-making, drawing new ideas, or similar assignments while routine work, such as creating accounts and entering data, is to be done automatically.
Time management enhancement is directly linked to the new approach and productivity. As it was estimated, an IT specialist who worked with 20 staff members saved approximately 10 minutes per user: it adds up more than three hours per day. There is no doubt that such savings were beneficial. Discharged from the necessity to waste time and insert data by hand, system administrators could focus on more important tasks and perform some other tasks earlier. Time savings also made an impact on how soon updated figures and other information appear in the system.
The fourth area in which the implementation of MIIS was advantageous is mailbox management. Again, it was connected with the level of security and human resources. It is only natural that some employees quit. Ideally, a system should display such changes immediately. In the case of MIIS, this principle was present. Previously, data on users who were not employed anymore remained, but after the innovation was developed, mailboxes entered upon registration could be automatically deleted if necessary.
In other words, the system itself identified which mailboxes were redundant, and DOHMS could be sure that all information represented was relevant. What is more, the safety issue was addressed: persons who had no concern with the Department were unable to receive access to its inner data.
To sum it up, introducing MIIC was a remarkable novelty. The benefits associated with the new system touched upon many aspects. Because the HR system operated on Oracle was synchronized with a sole set of data, it was possible to amend accounts. Time savings and productivity increase were also present. Finally, mailbox management was better: the system could recognize irrelevant information. Thus, MIIS brought several important for DOHMS changes that influenced positively.