according to one aspect of the invention , a computing system capable of communicating with first and second user managers , the first user manager to perform authentication and authorization services for a first resource and the second user manager to perform authentication and authorization services for a second resource , is provided . the computing system comprises a container having an application , a first user store associated with the first user manager , and a second user store associated with the second user manager stored therein , the application to send a first user manager command to the first user store in a first format and a second user manager command to the second user store in the first format , the first user store to translate the first format into a second format and send the second format to the first user manager , the second user store to translate the second format into a third format and send the third format to the second user manager .