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Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)

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13 Reviews and Ratings

What is Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued)?

Forefront Identity Manager is a Microsoft's legacy identity management solution. In 2016 Microsoft released Microsoft Identity Manager, an updated IAM solution. Support for Forefront Identity Manager ended October 2017.

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Forefront Identity Manager Review

Incentivized
Brad RanksView profile
Director of Technology in Information Technology at MeMD, Inc (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • The biggest hurdle is that it integrates with Active Directory
  • This simplifies my life since I don't have disparate locations for the same identity
  • Our SSRS users now have a single location for access and role-based views, this is a huge positive for them.

Cons

  • Cloud integration needs some love. I think most companies nowadays have a hybrid model with some in-house and some cloud. A complete integration would be a huge win.

Return on Investment

  • We see a positive impact simply in the time savings alone. Chasing accounts around is time-consuming and prone to error.
  • The cost to us is negligible to the value it provides.

Alternatives Considered

Okta and Centrify Application Services

Forefront Identity Manager a great to verify end users permissions!

Incentivized
Victor AranaView profile
IT Manager in Information Technology at Stoneleaf Construction LLC (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Improved self-service password reset which supports all current web browsers
  • Improvement to the reporting engine via the system center service manager and MS SQL Server reporting services (SSRS)
  • WebServices Connector to connect to SAP ECC 5/6, Oracle PeopleSoft, and Oracle eBusiness

Cons

  • For Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers is a great tool to set a codeless provisioning over new objects.
  • Can easily integrate with Active Directory and Exchange Servers, improving the identity sync between the final user and the lifecycle management.
  • Improvements in the areas of performance, simplified deployment easing the troubleshooting tasks, better documentation knowledge base, and more language support.
  • The codeless provisioning provided in FIM can sustain a variety from high demand to mid-size scenarios for account lifecycle management.

Return on Investment

  • Reduce the amount of time invested doing troubleshooting.
  • Reduce the IT admin complexity by presenting an intuitive UX with codeless provisioning.
  • IT Admins can simplify the process to create workflows with the web-based GUI of ILM 2 portal, and also include more complex workflows designed outside of the portal by importing XAML files.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Identity Manager and NetIQ Identity Manager

Other Software Used

Microsoft Azure, CA Identity Manager, NetIQ Identity Manager

Forefront Identity Manager Review

Incentivized
Verified User
Director in Information Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Authentication
  • Security
  • Identity Management

Cons

  • Lack of documentation
  • No Windows Server 2012 Integration

Return on Investment

  • Fast secure authentication
  • User credential management saves IT Staffs time
  • Lack of documentation
  • Self Education on setting up

Other Software Used

Symantec VIP Access Manager, Entrust Standard SSL Certificates, Entrust IdentityGuard, Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management, LogMeIn Central, Kaseya AuthAnvil, Kaseya IT Center, Kaseya Network Monitor

Microsoft Identity Manager in AD shop in Higher Ed

Incentivized
Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Sync of local on premises with the cloud
  • Allows for users to manage their credentials
  • Allows for two-factor authentication

Cons

  • Fortunately we have a higher education campus license so it is not as bad for us, but, in my opinion, the product is otherwise very much over-priced.
  • I think documentation is lacking. This is the case with many Microsoft products. You have to do a lot of self research and self teaching to get the product up and running and learn how to use it. Thank goodness there are a lot of resources that can be Googled.

Return on Investment

  • It saves admins and helpdesk employees a lot of time by allowing for users to manage their own credentials.
  • Two-Factor authentication allows for a lower threshold security risk.

Other Software Used

Barracuda NG Firewall, Microsoft Office 365, SentinelOne