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Microsoft Identity Manager Primary Use Case

RameshKumar9 - PeerSpot reviewer
RameshKumar9
Consultant at IOM - UN Migration

The typical use case for Microsoft Identity Manager is to automate Active Directory, where it is responsible for onboarding new employees to on-premises AD or to the cloud based on certain criteria.

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reviewer2253897 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2253897
System Engineer 2 at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft Identity Manager is used primarily in the retail business. The implementation is enterprise-level within a national company, specifically at JCPenney, which is a large organization.

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Bavan Balakrishnan
Senior SOC Developer at XVE Security

We implement a zero trust network, so part of the identity is managed with Microsoft IAM.

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Wolf-Dieter Reichel
IT expert at Hamburg Port Authority

I'm an IT specialist working for the public sector. My job is to facilitate identity and access management for my employer.

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MANUEL VALDIVIA - PeerSpot reviewer
MANUEL VALDIVIA
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Microsoft Identity Manager serves as an identity platform for our employees and customers.

Microsoft Identity Manager is a solution that will be retiring soon. At the moment, our use cases are, for example, when one user logs in to our website. If some employees want to open any application in our corporate network, Microsoft Identity Manager is the platform that can authorize access to the application.

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Kadir Kokcu
Owner at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

Microsoft Identity Manager is used in everyday identity management workflows by many customers who prefer a local architecture to integrate it with other architectures. They also utilize the solution to implement test services or single sign-on solutions.

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reviewer2305767 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2305767
CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

My primary use case is to manage identities and enforce policies and workflows to manage user profiles and provision them securely, as well as streamline that process.

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AnvarSadique - PeerSpot reviewer
AnvarSadique
Information Technology Architect at GMS INC

In our organization, we use Microsoft Identity Manager as part of our Microsoft setup. It is all about making life easier for our users. When they log in, they can access all their apps with a single sign-on. Our admins also get to control access levels easily. This works great with Microsoft services like email and applications, even if we are using Microsoft servers. While I haven't looked beyond Microsoft, within our setup, Microsoft Identity Manager is a fantastic tool for managing who can do what, and it is a big help to our team.

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RameshKumar9 - PeerSpot reviewer
RameshKumar9
Consultant at IOM - UN Migration

Microsoft Identity Manager is used for complete user provisioning and life cycle management of users. It is also used for automating the active directory.

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Praveen Thomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Praveen Thomas
Engineering Applications Team Lead at Arcadis

We use the solution for authentication management.

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UdomsukeThawornstid - PeerSpot reviewer
UdomsukeThawornstid
Head of IT at TT Systems

We use Microsoft Identity Manager for application identification and single sign-on processes for different applications.

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Akin Ayodele - PeerSpot reviewer
Akin Ayodele
General Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Our primary use case for the solution is ID provisioning. We use it to manage the entire life cycle of an employee from their entrance to exit from the organization, which includes credential management and passport management.

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reviewer1387944 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1387944
Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We use the synchronization service the company provides for data synchronization. We're customers of Microsoft and I'm the company manager. 

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reviewer1740606 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1740606
Managing Director at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

We use the product for identity management. It stores organizational data, including contracts we generate using Active Directory.

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Germán Popoca
Consultant at NETI

There have been only two, maybe three projects related to this product. The challenge with obtaining information about these projects is that we focused mainly on designing the solution. 

The customers did not want continuous involvement in the operations because they couldn't see immediate results. So, we started with initial contact and face-to-face interviews to understand the organization's structure. Then, we began integrating the solution, including the site-based aspects and the schema for the metadata directory, which is essential for working with other components. 

However, the time spent designing and integrating the identity solution is a challenge. The deployment process is not quick. In the best-case scenario, it may take around six months before you see some tangible results at the beginning of the implementation of the identity solution.

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reviewer1380738 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1380738
Business Development Manager - Identity Management and Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We are currently using this solution, and we are also a partner. We have implemented it in different sectors for different use cases. For example, we have implemented it in the financial sector to synchronize and automate lifecycle management. We have also done deployments to only provide self-service for resetting passwords. We also have many deployments related to lifecycle management in schools and the education sector.

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Kemp Zhou
Senior Consultant at Golden Ideas

I have an ongoing project with my clients that encompasses research.

Hypbrid cloud is the major case, also some on Mobile Application developing.

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it_user1220571 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user1220571
Sr. Solution Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The primary use case is for the single migration of the user from on-premises to Azure Active Directory in the cloud. It is also used for the Microsoft authentication application for mobile devices.

We authenticate on the smart device back to back so they can access their emails and other applications.

We are planning to use this for the Windows 10 authentication as well as directly from the Azure Active Directory.

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Oupa Mpe
Solutions Architect at ECM Business Services

We are currently using a hybrid identity access management solution. We've got an on-premise ADFS that is running a Server 2016 ADFS farm. That is coupled to a Microsoft Identity Management Server 2016, which is then coupled to Azure Active Directory as the cloud-based identity and access management solution.

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CTO9b3b - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO9b3b
CTO at a music company with 10,001+ employees

Our primary use case for this solution is to secure the identity of our customer. It is required for compliance and for making our systems very secure.

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Jiju Gopinath
Vice President, IT Infrastructure & Information Security at KAMCO

We work with Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and Microsoft Services as an identity and access management system. This solution provides privileged identity management single sign-on, so we're focusing on that.

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Venkatesh Ampolu
Principal Security Advisory Consultant and Delivery Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I use Microsoft Identity Manager to help users with different groups, closing different applications, access provision, and for de-provisioning access for different applications.

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Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Identity Manager
March 2026
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Identity Manager. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2026.
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