US Patent 10375177 Identity mapping for federated user authentication

An identity mapping service receives, from an administrator of an account via a federated identity generated through an identity broker of a datacenter, a request to add a new user to the account. The identity mapping service validates the federated identity and generates a link that can be used by the user authorized to utilize the new user to access the new user. The identity mapping service uses the electronic address of the user to transmit the link to the user of authorized to utilize the new user to enable the user authorized to utilize the new user to access the new user. The identity mapping service associates the new user with the account and enables the new user to access one or more computing resources associated with the account via a second federated identity generated through the identity broker of the datacenter.