The following overview assumes that you understand entitlements (as explained in the Entitlement Overview in the Identity Manager 3.6.1 Entitlements Guide) and have created the entitlements you want managed by the Entitlements Service driver.
The Entitlements Service driver is one of three entitlement agents that you can use to grant entitlements, or permission slips, to users. The other two entitlement agents are the role-based provisioning component and workflow-based provisioning component in the User Application.
The following sections provide information to help you understand the Entitlements Service driver: