Finding documentation by feature set
Centrify Zero Trust Privilege Services organizes features and components into service offerings 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 |
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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
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Manage shared account and secret information |
Infrastructure services for privileged access and secure remote access using privileged accounts |
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Capture session activity Audit privileged access |
Infrastructure services for auditing and monitoring |
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Generate built-in and custom reports |
Infrastructure reporting services |
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Configure request and approval work flows for access to zone computers and privileged accounts |
Infrastructure services for privileged access and privilege elevation |
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 |
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Centrify Identity-Centric PAM | Privileged Access Service |
Gateway Session Audit and Monitoring |
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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 |
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Centrify Privileged Service (CPS) |
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Privileged Access Service | |
DirectControl (DC) |
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Authentication Service | |
DirectAuthorize (DZ or DZwin) |
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Privilege Elevation Service | |
DirectAudit (DA) |
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Audit and Monitoring Service | |
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Infrastructure Services |
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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: |
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DirectSecure (DS) |
Isolation and Encryption Service |
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Still supported but no longer being developed or updated |
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User Analytics Service |
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Privilege Threat Analytics Service |
Deployment Manager |
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Deployment Manager provided a centralized console for discovering, analyzing, and managing remote computers. This feature is no longer included starting with Infrastructure Services release 19.6. |
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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 |
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Centrify Identity-Centric PAM Core Edition |
Privileged Access Service and Gateway Session Audit and Monitoring |
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Centrify Server Suite Standard Edition |
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Authentication Service and Privilege Elevation Service |
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Centrify Infrastructure Services Standard Edition | Centrify Identity-Centric PAM Standard Edition |
Privileged Access Service, Authentication Service, and Privilege Elevation Service |
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Centrify Server Suite Enterprise Edition |
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Authentication Service, Privilege Elevation Service, and Audit and Monitoring Service |
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Centrify Infrastructure Services Enterprise Edition |
Centrify Identity-Centric PAM Enterprise Edition |
Privileged Access Service, Authentication Service, Privilege Elevation Service, Audit and Monitoring Service (includes Gateway Session Audit and Monitoring) |
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Centrify Server Suite Platinum Edition |
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Discontinued bundle that included DirectControl, DirectAuthorize, DirectManage, DirectAudit, and DirectSecure |