Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) vs. Lightning Tools DeliverPoint

I think that MIM is great for compliance since it reduces the number of logins that are required by users. Most offices have post-it notes with logins floating around because there are so many to remember or there are "shared" logins. This reduces the number of logins to 1 and you can easily revoke access in one fell swoop. This prevents gaps and holes with terminations and updates to select groups are super simple.

Incentivized

Copy user permissions through the whole sites of SharePoint farm

• Authentication
• Security
• Identity Management

Incentivized

• Discover Site Permisions
• Sheduled reports of required lists, libraries, sites...
• Compact set of commands which works with user permissions

• For Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers is a great tool to set a codeless provisioning over new objects.
• Can easily integrate with Active Directory and Exchange Servers, improving the identity sync between the final user and the lifecycle management.
• Improvements in the areas of performance, simplified deployment easing the troubleshooting tasks, better documentation knowledge base, and more language support.
• The codeless provisioning provided in FIM can sustain a variety from high demand to mid-size scenarios for account lifecycle management.

Incentivized

• Linking basic information to the object selected in the left panel (site structure view)

It is Microsoft. We are a Microsoft shop, primarily. It integrates deeply with Active Directory making it good for Microsoft Active Directory shops.

Incentivized

• We see a positive impact simply in the time savings alone. Chasing accounts around is time-consuming and prone to error.
• The cost to us is negligible to the value it provides.

Incentivized

• Speeds up the management of user permissions
• Provides a comprehensive overview of permissions and settings of individual security levels across areas of company informations