Forefront Identity Manager

Microsoft Forefront Identity ManagerDeveloper(s)| Microsoft

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Initial release| 2010; 16 years ago (2010)
Stable release|

2010 R2 / June 14, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-06-14)

Operating system| Windows Server 2008 R2
Platform| x86-64
Type| Identity management
License| Proprietary
Website| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-identity-manager/microsoft-identity-manager-2016

Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) is a state-based identity management software product, designed to manage users' digital identities, credentials, and groupings throughout the lifecycle of their membership in an enterprise computer system. FIM integrates with Active Directory and Exchange Server to provide identity synchronization, certificate management, user password resets, and user provisioning from a single interface.

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 Codeless provisioning
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Overview

Part of the Microsoft Identity and Access Management platform product line, FIM superseded Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM),[1] and was known as ILM 2 during development. ILM 2007 was created by merging Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (MIIS) and Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM).

FIM 2010 utilizes Windows Workflow Foundation concepts, using transactional workflows to manage and propagate changes to a user's state-based identity. This is in contrast to most of the transaction-based competing products that do not have a state-based element. Administrators not only can create workflows with the web-based GUI of ILM 2 portal but also include more complex workflows designed outside of the portal by importing XAML files.[2]

FIM 2010 R2 (Release 2) was released in June 2012 and has extra capabilities:

* Improved Self-service Password Reset which supports all current web browsers
* Role Based Access Control (RBAC) via the acquisition of BHOLD Software
* Improvement to the Reporting engine via the System Center Service Manager and MS SQL Server reporting Services (SSRS)
* A WebServices Connector to connect to SAP ECC 5/6, Oracle PeopleSoft, and Oracle eBusiness
* Improvements in the areas of performance, simplified deployment and troubleshooting, better documentation, and more language support.

## Codeless provisioning

Forefront Identity Manager introduces the concept of "codeless provisioning",[3] which allows administrators to create objects in any connected data source without writing any code in one of the .NET Framework languages.

The codeless provisioning provided in FIM should be able to sustain most of the simple to medium complexity scenarios for account lifecycle management. FIM fully honors existing MIIS implementations and supports "traditional" coded provisioning side-by-side with code-less provisioning methods.

## See also

* NetIQ Identity Manager

## References

1. ↑ "FIM 2010 RTM Announcement". Microsoft Corporation. http://blogs.technet.com/forefront/archive/2010/03/02/rsa-conference-2010-identity-at-the-forefront.aspx.
2. ↑ "ILM "2" Glossary". Microsoft Corporation. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc561128.aspx.
3. ↑ "Build a Single-Step Provisioning Workflow". Aung Oo, Microsoft Corporation. 8 September 2016. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.05.workflow.aspx.

## External links

* Official website
* Certificate Lifecycle Manager Overview
* FIM Resources on the Microsoft TechNet Wiki
* FIM Best Practices Volume 1: Introduction, Architecture and Installation of Forefront Identity Manager 2010

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Microsoft security products

Numbers in brackets are the years of the initial release of the product.

For Windows|

* Windows Firewall [2001]
* Baseline Security Analyzer [2004]
* Malicious Software Removal Tool [2005]
* Windows Defender [2006]
* Microsoft SmartScreen [2006]
* Microsoft Security Essentials [2009]
* Microsoft Safety Scanner [2011]

For Windows Server|

* Exchange Online Protection [2007]
* System Center Data Protection Manager [2007]
* Identity Manager [2010]

Discontinued|

* MSAV [1993]
* Threat Management Gateway [1997]
* OneCare Safety Scanner [2006]
* Unified Access Gateway [2007]
* Windows Live OneCare [2006]
* RootkitRevealer [2006]
* Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit [2009]

Related topics|

* Data Execution Prevention
* Kernel Patch Protection
* Mandatory Integrity Control
* MS Antivirus (malware)
* User Account Control

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