> If you had to federate identities between two directories, would you hack something together Right, that "try it yourself" part can get very big and impracti

> If you had to federate identities between two directories, would you hack something together Right, that "try it yourself" part can get very big and impractical. But the idea still stands: it would be better if you first tried to think how a solution would look like and what it would do, in very general terms. Are the two systems very similar and a solution would be little more than mapping one thing onto another? Or are the systems very different and complex translations would be have to be performed? Once you do that, you can have a look at any existing solutions, and almost certainly you'll have a better understanding compared to if you didn't do the thinking part first. It is also important not to switch the order of "thinking" and "looking". If you first look for existing solutions, then your thinking will be biased by what you have seen.