We performed a comparison between Microsoft Identity Manager and Symantec Identity Governance and Administration based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Identity Management (IM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The Governance and self-service that can be set up so you can use them yourself to work in the system are the most valuable features. End users can be enabled to help themselves."
"I appreciate all the support we receive from Omada."
"User-friendly solution."
"The most valuable aspects of Omada Identity for me are the automation capabilities."
"Two valuable features of Omada Identity are the ability to discover accounts and link them to identities, and the automatic disabling of inactive accounts or identities."
"The most valuable functionality of the solution for us is that when employees stop working for the municipality, they are automatically disabled in Active Directory. Omada controls that 100 percent. They are disabled for 30 days, and after that time Omada deletes the Active Directory account. The same type of thing happens when we employ a new person. Their information is automatically imported to Omada and they are equipped with the roles and rights so they can do their jobs."
"The most valuable aspect of the product is that it is Microsoft-based and it supports all Microsoft technology."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to set up connectors to various IT systems and offer a wide range of supported connectors."
"The features that we find most valuable are security, mobility, and Single Sign-On."
"The concept is primarily for the people in the business. In business, you can discuss how integrating all the services and resources within the company can bring numerous benefits."
"Microsoft Identity Manager's documentation is good, and its end-user portal is user-friendly."
"The feature that I find most valuable is the security layer of the identity and access management solution. The ability to secure on-premises and cloud-based workloads and to provide seamless authentication into hybrid workloads, which is also both on-premises and in cloud environments."
"What makes this solution attractive is the licensing model. Microsoft Identity Manager is included in premium versions of Azure AD and in enterprise agreements such as E3. This makes the solution very attractive to many of our clients who are subscribed to those products."
"It is one of the easiest products to implement, which is one of the main advantages. The integration is easy. Unlike other products, it is not complicated to integrate."
"The product allows us to track the logins easily."
"It is a stable product. You will experience some issues with it, but it's a good product."
"The product’s most valuable feature is flexibility. It can be customized as per the customer’s requirements."
"Out-of-the-box the product has a lot of opportunity for configuration and sophisticated identity management capability."
"The product is relatively easier to use than other identity management products."
"The most valuable aspects of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration are all the features, it is the most complete solution on the market. It has features, such as scanners and portals, it has everything."
"It has good endpoint support and endpoint connectivity to different versioning endpoints."
"It is easy to use, and does not requires an extensive programming or development background."
"Connector Xpress and Policy Xpress and the new interface."
"When comparing it to other products, you can set up CA IAM in a PoC very quickly to demonstrate its provisioning capabilities."
"Documentation can be improved. I have already filed a few suggestions to make documentation more clear and more representative of reality."
"If I had to name one thing, it would be the user interface (UI)."
"Omada's performance could be better because we had some latency issues. Still, it's difficult to say how much of that is due to Omada versus the resources used by our other vendors in our on-prem environment. Considering the resources we have invested into making it run well, it's slightly slower than we would expect."
"Omada's reporting functionality is limited and could benefit from greater customization."
"The current reporting tools in Omada are limited, but we expect significant improvements in the new version."
"The Omada Identity SaaS version doesn't provide all the features Omada Identity on-premise provides."
"Omada Identity has a steep learning curve."
"The web GUI can be improved."
"The product could be more friendly for non-native English speakers. It would also be better if it were more intuitive and visually attractive."
"In terms of the identity and access management solution for on-premises environment, I think Microsoft needs to eliminate or minimize the number of workloads for the solution to run in on-premises environment."
"The governance reporting of the solution can be improved, as it can be difficult to get good, intelligible reports. Microsoft could implement an API of some sort to allow report customization or some form of SQL model, to further customize modules and improve the reporting. That would be a major improvement to the product."
"All actions require logging in to the server."
"Microsoft Identity Manager could be more intuitive in terms of interface."
"Instead of using the connectors from the third-party companies, they should make the Microsoft templates available with this product. If Microsoft would increase the number of the box connectors that would be helpful to all the customers who use it daily."
"It would be good if Microsoft Identity Manager Maybe could be integrated with Azure Active Directory directly and made as a cloud platform."
"The information that is available for the Active Directory portal is segregated here and there."
"The development process to create this connector is not as easy as I would like."
"They provide a framework to develop your own connectors. A connector is a piece of software that integrates with the solutions that are not a part of the support matrix. Currently, it is difficult to create these connectors in this solution. Other solutions, such as NetIQ Identity, provide a better way to create your own connector. Currently, there is no cloud version. It should have a cloud version."
"The support from Symantec Identity Governance and Administration could improve."
"Provisioning has a dependency on Windows."
"The product works slowly while accessing cloud-native solutions."
"Reporting could be improved."
"The reporting functions."
"It has a large footprint which you'd expect to be much, much smaller. Just to run basic services, we have 10 different servers. Also, if it were easier to manage, that'd be useful."
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Microsoft Identity Manager is ranked 8th in Identity Management (IM) with 18 reviews while Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is ranked 20th in Identity Management (IM) with 65 reviews. Microsoft Identity Manager is rated 7.8, while Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Identity Manager writes "Constantly evolving while being a crucial feature for today's security needs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration writes "Works well on-premises and has partial capabilities but lacks many feaures". Microsoft Identity Manager is most compared with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Saviynt, Microsoft Entra Permissions Management and ForgeRock, whereas Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is most compared with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, AlertEnterprise Enterprise Guardian, SAP Identity Management, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and One Identity Manager. See our Microsoft Identity Manager vs. Symantec Identity Governance and Administration report.
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