Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) vs. NetIQ by OpenText

Forefront is excellent for multi-factor authentication in the cloud or on premises. It is fast and lightweight. [It provides] Ease of self-management of credentials. The user web interface is easy to use and understand. Less time is spent by IT staff resetting passwords or unlocking accounts.

Incentivized

• An organization who needs a way of managing their entire user lifecycle.
• If an organization needed a solid Identity Management (IDM) solution that could do Single Sign-On (SS) and provisioning for services both internally and in the cloud.

Incentivized

• Sync of local on premises with the cloud
• Allows for users to manage their credentials
• Allows for two-factor authentication

Incentivized

• Easy to use workflow for creating users.
• The self-service portal for resetting passwords etc., is easy to deploy.
• Has strong user activity monitoring.

Incentivized

• Cloud integration needs some love. I think most companies nowadays have a hybrid model with some in-house and some cloud. A complete integration would be a huge win.

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• The interface is a bit outdated.
• It would be nice to be able to customize the self-service portal more.
• It would be great if it integrated with more products.

Incentivized

We selected Forefront because we know the support will be there for the long haul and its integration with other MS products.

Incentivized

• Reduce the amount of time invested doing troubleshooting.
• Reduce the IT admin complexity by presenting an intuitive UX with codeless provisioning.
• IT Admins can simplify the process to create workflows with the web-based GUI of ILM 2 portal, and also include more complex workflows designed outside of the portal by importing XAML files.

Incentivized

• ROI
• Self-Service
• Easy Install

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