Finding documentation by feature set

The Centrify Identity Services platform organizes features and components into service oferings that complement each other but highlight different steps you might take to secure the enterprise. For example, a basic step might be consolidating user identities across all platforms while a more advanced step might involve proactive monitoring of user sessions and auditing of user activity.

If you are familiar with Centrify products from previous releases, use the following guidelines to locate documentation for the specific features in which you are interested.

What you want to do	Service	Where to look for information
Consolidate user profiles and authenticate user identities across platforms Integrate with Active Directory services and group policies Simplify access management with zones	Infrastructure services for identity and adaptive MFA	Authentication and Privilege Elevation services for managed computers
Delegate administrative tasks Use role-based privilege elevation	Infrastructure services for privilege elevation	Privilege elevation services
Manage shared account and secret information	Infrastructure services for privileged access and secure remote access using privileged accounts	Privileged Access Service
Capture session activity Audit privileged access	Infrastructure services for auditing and monitoring	Audit & Monitoring Service
Generate built-in and custom reports	Infrastructure reporting services	Reports and analytics
Configure request and approval work flows for access to zone computers and privileged accounts	Infrastructure services for privileged access and privilege elevation	Configuring a request and approval workflow

Product names

Over the years we've made some changes to some of our product offerings and features and some of these previous product names still exist in some areas. Our current product offerings include the following services:

Current Overall Product Name	Current Services Available
Centrify Zero Trust Privilege Services	Privileged Access Service
	Gateway Session Audit and Monitoring
	Authentication Service
	Privilege Elevation Service
	Audit and Monitoring Service
	Privilege Threat Analytics Service

Whether you're a long-time or new customer, here are some quick summaries of which features belong to which current product offerings:

Previous Product Offering	Previous Product Offering	Description	Current Product Offering
	Centrify Privileged Service (CPS)		Privileged Access Service
DirectControl (DC)			Authentication Service
DirectAuthorize (DZ or DZwin)			Privilege Elevation Service
DirectAudit (DA)			Audit and Monitoring Service
	Infrastructure Services		Privileged Access Service, Authentication Service, Privilege Elevation Service, Audit and Monitoring Service, and Privilege Threat Analytics Service
DirectManage (DM)	Management Services	Consoles that are used by all 3 services: Authentication Service, Privilege Elevation Service, and Audit and Monitoring Service
DirectSecure (DS)	Isolation and Encryption Service		Still supported but no longer being developed or updated
	User Analytics Service		Privilege Threat Analytics Service

Depending on when you purchased a Centrify product offering, you may have purchased one of the following product bundles:

Previous Product Bundle	Previous Product Bundle	Current Product Bundle	Services Included	Description
		Centrify Zero Trust Privilege Services Core Edition	Privileged Access Service and Gateway Session Audit and Monitoring
Centrify Server Suite Standard Edition	Centrify Infrastructure Services Standard Edition	Centrify Zero Trust Privilege Services Standard Edition	Privileged Access Service, Authentication Service, and Privilege Elevation Service
Centrify Server Suite Enterprise Edition	Centrify Infrastructure Services Enterprise Edition	Centrify Zero Trust Privilege Services Enterprise Edition	Privileged Access Service, Authentication Service, Privilege Elevation Service, Audit and Monitoring Service (includes Gateway Session Audit and Monitoring)
Centrify Server Suite Platinum Edition				Discontinued bundle that included DirectControl, DirectAuthorize, DirectManage, DirectAudit, and DirectSecure

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last updated: Sep 11, 2019