What is the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM)

Microsoft Forefront Identify Manager 2010 (FIM 2010) can help address. Chief among these:

• The burden of complexity on IT, which must manage identities across heterogeneous systems.

• High help-desk costs associated with password resets and smart card deployment.

Key Benefits

• Empowers people to accomplish self-service identity tasks.

• Delivers agility through automation, self-service, and extensibility.

• Increases security with management across identities, credentials, and resources.

• Loss of end-user productivity because users cannot manage the routine aspects of their own identity and access.

• Lengthy development time for identity management customization because existing developer interfaces require specialized knowledge.

• Security gaps and risk to the business due to noncompliance with internal and external regulations.

FIM 2010 offers you a comprehensive solution for managing identities, credentials, and identity-based access policies across heterogeneous environments.

FIM 2010 empowers users with self service password reset and embeds self-help tools in Office so you can manage routine aspects of identity and access, gives IT Professionals rich administrative tools and enhanced automation, and delivers .NET and web services-based extensibility for developers.