Microsoft Identity Manager vs. Oracle Identity Governance
As of May 2019, Microsoft Identity Manager is ranked 10th in Identity Management (IM) with 4 reviews vs Oracle Identity Governance which is ranked 4th in Identity Management (IM) with 12 reviews. The top reviewer of Microsoft Identity Manager writes "Secure on-premise and cloud-based workloads provide seamless authentication". The top reviewer of Oracle Identity Governance writes "Aligns Well To Business Flow, The Connectors Are Good But It's Costly". Microsoft Identity Manager is most compared with SailPoint IdentityIQ, NetIQ Identity Manager and SAP Identity Management. Oracle Identity Governance is most compared with SailPoint IdentityIQ, CyberArk PAS and Okta.
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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. The most valuable feature is that it provides protection for our company documents. The features that we find most valuable are security, mobility, and Single Sign-On. Microsoft integration products are strong. That is what I like about the product. | This solution has improved the organization in several ways, including saving many help-desk password-reset calls, IT staff productivity, and quicker user on-boarding. The most valuable feature is the flexible automation functionality which has optimized our user access privilege management. This has allowed us to create and delete user accounts more accurately and efficiently. This feature has enabled us to save time and resources needed to perform mundane manual tasks. Its most valuable feature is its scalability. OIM in my organization has improved its use and dependability, allowing us to pass audit each time. The proactive controls which can be configured to a granular level allowing the organization the flexibility to meet the changing demands of the workforce. It helps provision the required accesses through policies, approvals, and whatever would be the business requirement. Identifying connector framework for unifying provisioning capabilities from OIM. The most important features that have impacted our environment recently are the Single Sign-On solution, role based provisioning, and the automated provisioning of accounts to target systems. |
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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. This product was only launched two or three years ago and it is still in the process of becoming stable. They have to improve the User Entity and Behavioral Analysis. 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. | Simplify & add more functionality to Identity Cloud Service (IDCS). You need full visibility because the suite of features are complex and you have to be clear on what you want to implement. They need to improve their backup strategy. Automation of validation exercises performed by humans over Recon Exceptions generated as a result of an access synchronization event over a user's need for access or not. I have yet to see its full functionality exercised in my organization. I would like to see more segregation managed through Oracle Identity Manager. It would be great if the Oracle Fusion Middleware team worked on making it compatible with other application servers, as it exists in OIM9.x. t is too complex, has too many bugs, and is an immature product, even the best case, beta version. |
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Microsoft Identity Manager comes with the premium or community license. If the customer doesn't have a premium license, the reseller who sells the licenses of Microsoft to the enterprise can extend the license for the client. | Oracle licenses are expensive. I suggest making pricing and licensing decisions that align with architectural requirements and the project's budget. |
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| MIM, Forefront Identity Manager, FIM | Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle IAM, Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite |
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| Microsoft | Oracle |
Overview | |
Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) builds on the identity and access management capabilities of Forefront Identity Manager. MIM helps you manage the users, credentials, policies, and access within your organization. Additionally, MIM adds a hybrid experience, privileged access management capabilities, and support for new platforms. | Oracle Identity Governance reduces the total cost of ownership for organizations by empowering user self-service, simplifying audit and compliance tasks and automating IT operations. By delivering a comprehensive platform for access request, role lifecycle management, access certification, closed loop remediation and privileged account management, Oracle Identity Governance is a solution that address today's requirements and enables organizations to quickly adapt to emerging requirements. Oracle Identity Governance suite provides many benefits, including: Increased end user productivity, Increased IT productivity and automation of provisioning tasks, accelerated useronboarding and stringent controls over sensitive access to shared privileged accounts, Reduced total cost and risk and Increased efficiency. |
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Sample Customers | |
| Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Whole Foods Market | Werkbank, Oshkosh, PeerPay, Boingo, Kellogg's, Pella, Slanska, Avaya, D+M |
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