Microsoft® Forefront®Identity Manager 2010 changes the current stateof identity managementby providing powerfulself-service capabilitiesfor end users. It also givesIT professionals moretools to solve day-todayproblems such asdelegating administrationand creating workflowsfor common identitymanagement tasks. Inaddition, FIM is built ona .NET and WS-* basedfoundation for developersto build more customizedand extensible solutions.

Simplify the Security Experience, Manage Compliance

The IAM solution automates the entire identity life-cycle management process toreduce inefficiencies and hidden costs. It enables administrators to apply policiesconsistently across the enterprise by centrally managing access to applications. Tohelp meet regulatory requirements, IAM provides simplified management of identities,credentials, groups, policies, and resources:The workflow-driven approval process in FIM enables self-service managementof group memberships through controls presented in Microsoft Office Outlook®and SharePoint®.Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager streamlines and simplifies secureauthentication and authorization for remote access via integrated certificates andsmart cards management.The policy-based management system in FIM improves control over users’ identitylife cycle, and protects corporate assets against misuse as users move betweenroles or leave the organization.FIM can help reduce management overhead by delegating administration of usersand groups in Active Directory.FIM provides automated, wizard-driven tools that help simplify the provisioningand de-provisioning of user entities, or corporate-level reorganizations, byapplying attributes across directories and applications.