Maintaining, securing and migrating from MIM: our top tips
Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) won’t be around for ever. But it’s still doing an important job for many of our customers. Are you getting the best out of it now? Is your implementation secure? Is it enabling the cloud? Are you well positioned for the future? Read more…
Enhance your Microsoft-based identity management solution and prepare for the future: webinar series
Enhance your Microsoft-based identity management solution and prepare for the future – a series of four webinars covering Identity Panel Suite, presented by Hugh Simpson-Wells. Read more…
Getting control over groups with Access Panel – webinar recording
The fourth in a four-part series, this webinar recording explores Access Panel, the governance component of Identity Panel Suite. It (amongst other things) provides flexible management for all your groups in any connected system. Read more…
Making your identity data available to users – webinar recording
The third in a four-part series, this webinar recording explores Service Panel. Learn how it securely shares select identity data with users to enhance business and IT operations. Read more…
MIM Synchronization Engine – what comes next? – webinar recording
The second in a four-part series, this webinar recording explores HyperSync Panel. It can do everything the MIM Synchronization engine does but it does it much faster. Read more…
A dashboard for visualizing and managing your identity data – webinar recording
The first in a four-part series, this webinar recording explores Identity Panel, the core component of Identity Panel Suite, which provides a single interface for managing, viewing and reporting on your identity data. Read more…
Why upgrade from FIM to MIM?
Microsoft Entra is the future, but MIM can still be important, both to enable Microsoft Entra, and to support legacy on-premises apps. FIM is a very out-of-date version of MIM. Only by upgrading can you support the latest operating systems and components, and security protocols.
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SoftwareIDM’s Identity Panel Suite – we think it’s a game changer!
Cloud-based by design and vendor-neutral, SoftwareIDM’s Identity Panel Suite is a truly impressive collection of identity management products which sits perfectly alongside hybrid AD. It can also provide a replacement for Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM). And we think it’s a game changer. Read more…
The future is bright, the future is Entra
Entra is the ‘coming of age’ of Microsoft Azure, enabling enterprise-ready identity solutions and customizations. Read more…
Why is MIM not going away?
MIM was launched over 20 years ago and, even though Microsoft has repeatedly announced its demise, it’s still around. Why is it proving so persistent? I outline three key reasons in the first of a series of four blogs. Read more…
Why are organizations continuing to implement MIM?
What’s driving new MIM installations is the ongoing need for reliable, authoritative identity data, made even more important by the roll out of Microsoft Entra services in a Hybrid AD environment. Read more…
Has your organization lost the skills to migrate from MIM?
A skills gap is often one of the primary reasons why organizations are not moving away from MIM and may thereby be preventing them from getting the benefits of Microsoft Entra. Read more…
Do you feel you’re stuck with MIM and legacy systems?
A feeling of being stuck with MIM and legacy systems is one of the primary reasons why organizations are not moving away from MIM. Read more…