VMware Identity Manager Initial Setup

Ajit Pratap Kundan - PeerSpot reviewer
PreSales Lead- Government & Defense at a security firm with 51-200 employees

The product's initial setup phase was difficult since it is a Linux appliance that is not totally integrated with all the solutions.

Not just with VMware Identity Manager, but all the products that fall under VMware Horizon request around a period of 30 days to finish the deployment process.

There is a need for four engineers, one project manager, and one solution architect to deploy the product.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

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Thiago Bassan - PeerSpot reviewer
Post-Sales/ Architect at AMM

The initial setup was straightforward. The deployment takes about a day.

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TL
CEO at Virtual Consultants Sverige AB

The initial setup is difficult and takes 30 minutes to complete. Depending on the customer, the deployment and configuration could take hours to weeks.

I rate the initial setup a four out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

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Manula Koswatte - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at KBSL Information Technologies

I haven't actually been part of a live deployment. That said, it's my understanding that it is not that difficult. New users should be aware that integrating it with multiple other things will take time. 

You only need one expert to handle the deployment since it's a one-time task. However, they need to be knowledgable to handle the process. In our case, we have two or three people who can handle deployment tasks.

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EE
Consultor EMM at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup of the product is very simple and quite straightforward. 

The deployment process does not require a big team. For a big company with, for example, 10,000 users or more, you can manage it with three or four people. It's enough. The amount of time it takes can range from a few days to a few weeks depending on the size of the project. It's usually less than a month. 

If it's an on-premises deployment, you do have a bit of maintenance, however, if you have a SaaS deployment, there is no maintenance required. With on-premises, you just make some changes or add new applications or new users, and that is quite simple. The problems come when you need to upgrade versions if you have the solution on-premise.

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TH
CEO at Aerion Solutions Oy

The initial setup is pretty simple. We deployed internally, we have really good senior consultants who carry out the installations for us and for our customers. Deployment takes a maximum of two days. 

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RN
System Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The deployment was complex, considering the infrastructure. Our organization has more than 400,000 users, so the complexity of the in-house infrastructure is quite high, which implies some complexity during the deployment process as well. You need to interact with several teams regarding identity management or identity access management. On a small-sized company, it may be quite straightforward. 

We first collected the requirements, which was straightforward. Then—this will depend on the size of the organization—we had five or six people around the required services. They came from Active Directory, the main identity provider, the application owners for service provider integration, and it took them a few days. 

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GS
Senior system engineer at KBSL Information Technologies

The initial setup is straight forward is the most recent version. In the past, in version 17 for example, we had a lot of problems during installation. Nowadays, there are just a few things to do. It is a virtual appliance and it is really easy to deploy.

If the prerequisites are done correctly, to deploy the product and complete the integration will take at most three hours.

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Tony Ayabam - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Infohob

The solution was easy to deploy.

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CG
CEO at a computer software company with self employed

The initial setup is easy.

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TH
CEO at Aerion Solutions Oy

The cloud version is quite simple and straightforward. The initial setup and implementation took one day and of course then each application where you want to do the single sign-on. That requires planning because it needs to be done at a certain time. But then if you want to define integration there, you have to wait for the right time. Then a second application after one week, and then possibly once a week after that and so on. It takes some time, of course. You need to decide when you want to integrate the applications because it has to be done one at a time, not everything at once. 

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MZ
Datacenter TeamLeader at Crystal Neworks Egypt

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.

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