Identity services for organizations transparently hosted in the cloud

A system for establishing single identity on a cloud computing platform, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor when the system is operational, the memory bearing processor-executable instructions that, when executed on the processor, cause the system to at least:
• validate a user credential associated with a computer;
• receive an identification of a domain for which single identity is to be established from the computer;
• in response to validating the user credential, configure a directory service on the cloud computing platform for sign-ons from users of the domain;
• determine to permit a log in to a second computer in response to determining that the directory service authorizes a credential associated with the log in;
• and
• authorize the credential associated with the log in to access a software service provided on the cloud computing platform in response to determining that the directory service authorized the credential associated with the log in.

A computer-readable storage medium for establishing single identity on a cloud computing platform, bearing computer-executable instructions that when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

• validating a user credential associated with a first computer;
• receiving an identification of a domain for which single identity is to be established from the first computer;
• in response to validating the user credential, configuring a directory service on the cloud computing platform for sign-ons from users of the domain;
• determining to permit a log in to a second computer in response to determining that the directory service authorizes a credential associated with the log in;
• and
• authorizing the credential associated with the log in to access a software service provided on the cloud computing platform in response to determining that the directory service authorized the credential associated with the log in.