OpenText NetIQ Identity Manager Reviews & Product Details

There are a some items that I like. Fist one is the scalability of the solution, I have worked with customers from 5.000 users to more than 200.000 users. Easy to install and start to use. Once you learn the Designer interface, development of new connection drivers and workflows are not difficult. The availability of drivers already provided by Micro Focus to connect to different applications give us a lot of flexibility. Code control by the use of packages facilitate the code update and rollback changes if necessary. The RBS is simple to understand and use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One item that I´m seeing some developers complain is the workflow development interface. They say it is not as intuitive as the driver one. And it would be nice to have either specific training with examples of use of each activity for workflow development. We can find a lot of information on drivers development, but as much with workflow development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Real Time sync. Every other IDM tool I've seen batches work. Knowing that a termination happens immediately is important. Admin tools. By far the best set of administration tools I've seen in the market. They not only let you deploy, but they help make the implementation easier. Mature robust architecture. This product has been around a while, because they figured out an elegant solution to a complex and difficult problem. The NetIQ IDM architecture allows for maximum flexibility without having to do everything from scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Installation and dealing with the multiple components can be challenging. With different platforms and different library dependencies, installs can be harrowing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the ease of use for normal users

connectivity to many apps

ease of administration

Setting up logins for 30,000 students all in one day! plus removing access from 20,000 past students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Initial setup can be difficult

Some elements could be more customisable

Sometimes failures for runs of 30,000 students all in one day! plus removing access from 20,000 past students, require access to consultants to diagnose the fault. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that the software is so flexible. There are so many things you can do with the software and so many different systems you can connect to. And if there are no drivers for your specific system, you can often use one of the generic drivers to accomplish what you need to be able to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you need to do more than just minor changes to the pre-built drivers, there is a decent learning curve to writing your own drivers or packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In current situation, data is a huge risk to handle but as a solution Identity manager plays a good role. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would to see more awareness around Identity Manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest benefit to Micro Focus IDM is that it is completely based on standards and doesn't require specialized developers to implement. Many other IDM solutions out there require writing connectors in a vendors specific coding language (i.e., - Java, etc). MF IDM utilizes XML to customize connectors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Support in recent years is not as good as it once was. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a very powerful eco-system that can handle almost any scenario you need handled.

The designer with it's relative ease of use, and driver package handling is a favorite. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software installation on a large scale is not trivial, especially identity application & OSP, and would definately benefit from simplification or more automation, although I will say it has become a lot better in 4.7. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The graphical interface that allow me to code in a easy way... and I can switch over to the actual code (on rare occasions). The copy/paste feature is helpful too. I paste code into a text editor to help with coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Identity Manager needs to add a "skip" option in the foreach loop as well as adding an "elseif" option in the if statement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are using IDM since its name was DirXML, first for simple connectors and increasing its use to connect several systems.

Very very satisfied Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Does not exist an HA configuration, it's a SPOF Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to manage the employee life cycle and install into your system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Was a little difficult to use and understand at first Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.