Cross-application identity and access management

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving at least one update to a user profile of a user, the at least one update provided through an identity and access management (IAM) interface executing on a computing device, wherein the IAM interface is a single interface that is useable to configure user profiles to control user access to a plurality of applications that execute in a platform;
• applying the at least one update to the user profile that is stored in a unified IAM database, wherein the user profile indicates a respective access level of the user to each of at least two applications of the plurality of applications;
• accessing, for each of the at least two applications, metadata that is predetermined data that describes a communication format for communicating with a respective management module for the respective application, wherein the metadata is separate from the user profile;
• and
• based on the user profile, communicating, for each of the at least two applications and using the respective metadata, the respective access level of the user to the respective management module through a call to an interface of the respective management module that is made using the communication format described in the metadata, wherein the respective access level of the user controls access of the user, using any of multiple computing devices including the computing device, to the respective application.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving at least one update to a user profile of a user, the at least one update provided through an identity and access management (IAM) interface executing on a computing device, wherein the IAM interface is a single interface that is useable to configure user profiles to control user access to a plurality of applications that execute in a platform;
• applying the at least one update to the user profile that is stored in a unified IAM database, wherein the user profile indicates a respective access level of the user to each of at least two applications of the plurality of applications;
• accessing, for each of the at least two applications, metadata that is predetermined data that describes a communication format for communicating with a respective management module for the respective application, wherein the metadata is separate from the user profile;
• and
• based on the user profile, communicating, for each of the at least two applications and using the respective metadata, the respective access level of the user to the respective management module through a call to an interface of the respective management module that is made using the communication format described in the metadata, wherein the respective access level of the user controls access of the user, using any of multiple computing devices including the computing device, to the respective application.