The new Identity Service provides:
- A new branded login form.
- Improved password policies.
- System defense from brute-force attacks and the breaking of weak passwords.
After installing and enabling the Identity Service:
- All the existing security policies in the OSS and BSS and password expiration settings migrate to the Identity Service.
- User credentials are copied from the OSS database to the Identity Service database. The OSS DB works as a master DB and all changes in user credentials in the OSS DB are propagated to the Identity Service DB. This is for switching back to the old scheme if any issues arise.