This engagement covers best practices for setting up and structuring organizations in Informatica IDMC. It guides architects and administrators through org hierarchy decisions, sub-organization configuration, Sandbox and Additional Org setup, admin governance boundaries, runtime environment sharing, and SDLC-aligned org structures - ensuring a scalable, governed, and compliant IDMC deployment.
IDMC supports six validated org structure scenarios - from a single Production Org to fully isolated environments and Business Unit sub-org models. Selecting the right topology up front prevents costly re-architecture later.
- IDMC Production Org provisioned with Admin credentials
- Licensing confirmed: Sub-org license from Informatica; Sandbox included; Additional Org = separate license
- Compliance requirements documented (SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR) - drives isolation model
- Pod assignment confirmed - all orgs in parent-child hierarchy must reside on same Pod
- IDP details available if SAML SSO required per org
- Evaluate org structure requirements: environments needed, admin governance model, and compliance constraints.
- Select the correct org topology from 6 validated scenarios (Single Prod, Sub-Org hierarchy, full isolation, BU model).
- Configure runtime environment sharing — Secure Agent groups (Shared vs. Non-Shared SA) across org boundaries.
- Define admin access boundaries, sub-org delegation, and SAML SSO configuration per org.
- Establish an SDLC-aligned asset promotion strategy using Export/Import or REST API CI/CD pipeline.
- Validated org structure recommendation with documented rationale
- Sub-org hierarchy & admin delegation model configured
- Secure Agent group sharing plan (Shared / Non-Shared SA)
- SAML SSO per-org configuration checklist
- Asset promotion & SDLC code promotion strategy
- Org Types & Scenario Mapping - Production, Sandbox, Sub-Org, Additional Org. Decision framework across 6 validated scenarios including BU model.
- Sub-Org Configuration - Creation, admin delegation, license inheritance, parent-access restriction, same-Pod requirement.
- Secure Agent Groups - Shared vs. Non-Shared Storage Account, runtime group sharing from parent to sub-org, agent sizing per environment.
- SAML SSO, SDLC & Operations - Per-org SSO config, asset promotion via Export/Import, Pod upgrade impact, IPU metering hierarchy.
- Org Structure Design - one of 6 validated scenarios with rationale
- Sub-org hierarchy & admin delegation model
- Secure Agent group sharing plan (Shared / Non-Shared SA)
- SAML SSO per-org checklist & asset promotion strategy
IDMC Org Advisor Tool - Interactive scenario selector guiding teams across 6 org topology options based on environment, admin model, and compliance requirements
- Platform / Integration Architects
- IDMC / Cloud Administrators
- IT Security & Compliance
- DevOps / CI-CD Engineers
Connect with Architect
PowerCenter Modernization
CDI for PC
Cloud Data Integration
Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter
Best Practices
Design
Plan
Adoption
Analytics and BI
MOD-001
Disclaimer
- Success Accelerators offers Engagements for Informatica Cloud Services on IDMC platform only.
- All Engagement Topics in the Success Accelerators are intended to be delivered in guidance and advisory mode only. This is implicit and it will not be called out explicitly under each engagement’s scope separately.
- Customers need to include their relevant technical/business team highlighted in each engagement topic to derive the best out of each engagement.
- Customers need to perform any hands-on work by themselves leveraging the guidance from these engagements.
- Customers need to work with Informatica Global Customer Support for any product bugs/issues and troubleshooting.
- Value Accelerator is available only for IDMC Services and this is offered only to eligible customers. Please check with your Customer Success Manager for eligibility before requesting Value Accelerator engagement.