Comparing forefront identity manager vs. other identity managers
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The document compares the identity management systems Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM), Oracle, and CA. It finds that FIM requires more programming skills than Oracle or CA to configure, as it replaces roles and attributes with policy objects and uses workflows to drive synchronization. Oracle and CA are easier to deploy as they require less custom programming and include governance functions that FIM lacks.
Comparing forefront identity manager vs. other identity managers
- 1. Courtesy of InfraMatix http://www.IDMChecklist.com Comparing Forefront Identity Manager vs. Other Identity Managers
- 2. Here we compare Microsoft FIM with Oracle and CA, the market leaders Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 3. Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 4. Microsoft’s Forefront Identity Manager is quite different from CA and Oracle Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 5. Some of the key differences include: Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 6. •FIM replaces the concepts of roles and attributes with policy objects Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 7. •The system is more tightly integrated with the Windows environment Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 8. •User self-service lets users request access through applications via group membership Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 9. •Microsoft has fewer governance, certification and audit functions Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 10. •Microsoft calls connectors management agents Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 11. •Workflow drives synchronization Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 12. •Programmers use Visual Studio to design workflows Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 13. •Access management is limited to .Net, SAP with Kerberos, UNIX login with Active Directory, and a few others Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 14. Oracle Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 15. Differences between Oracle and Microsoft are: Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 16. •Administrators can assign risk points to user metadata for certification purposes Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 17. •Provisioning is driven by roles and attributes Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 18. •Oracle includes a forms process for manual provisioning to legacy apps that do not have an API Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 19. •Reconciliation flags users who have been granted access outside the provisioning process Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 20. •Administrators can use Oracle IDM or the JDeveloperJava IDE for workflow design Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 21. CA Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 22. Difference between CA and Microsoft include: Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 23. •CA is the first to offer IDM a Software as a Service (SaaS) Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 24. •The database is the eTrustDirectory LDAP, a CA product Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 25. •CA has proprietary connections for UNIX, RACF, Exchange, and others, as does Microsoft and Oracle Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 26. •Business logic handler requires Java programming to assign user attributes when advanced logic is required Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 27. Bottom Line Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 28. Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager requires more programming skills to configure than Oracle or CA Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 29. Microsoft does not include governance within their product Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 30. Oracle and CA are easier to deploy, since they require less custom programming, plus they include governance Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 31. Have youinstalled Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) in your organization? Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
- 32. Please share yourthoughts in the Comments section below Sponsored by http://www.IDMChecklist.com Veera Sandiparthi Founder of InfraMatix
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