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Microsoft Announces Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) 2007

Redmond, February 7, 2007 - Microsoft® Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential, today announced their Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) 2007 product offering.  ILM 2007 was one of a number of new Microsoft product and industry partnership initiatives announced at the RSA Conference 2007 in support of Microsoft’s vision for secure and easy “anywhere access” outlined in the keynote address by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie.

ILM 2007 is a new solution that builds on Microsoft’s metadirectory and user provisioning capabilities by adding support for managing strong credentials such as certificates and smart cards.  ILM 2007 provides an integrated and comprehensive solution for managing the entire lifecycle of a user identity.  Microsoft also unveiled a comprehensive strategy and road map for identity lifecycle management, including planned availability of ILM “2”, the next version of ILM, in late 2008.

Bill Gates and Craig Mundie said that to further advance trust and enable anywhere access, there are three key technological areas for industry focus and momentum:

• Evolution of Networks - As businesses and the industry move forward on redefining network boundaries, policy will become the driving force for managing access - not the physical topology of the network.  The goal is for the network and the Internet to appear and work as if the boundaries between them are seamless, so access for users is easier and faster.

• Evolution of Protection - To achieve this anywhere access vision, customers need comprehensive security products and services that integrate seamlessly with each other and existing infrastructure and that are easy to use and manage.  There is a necessity for the industry to enable greater protection, not only when information is in transit but also when it is created and where it resides, whether on the server, the desktop of a mobile device.

• Evolution of Identity - Today, individuals and businesses struggle with an increasing number of digital identities to manage and the increased level of complexity and risk that goes with them.  The industry’s collaborative efforts around the development of an identity metasystem are in the right direction, and customers need this system to be based on standard protocols that address heterogeneous infrastructures in order to reduce the complexity of managing identities across networks and the Web.

For additional information, please refer to the following Microsoft related links:

• RSA 2007: Microsoft Outlines Vision to Enable Secure and Easy Anywhere Access for People and Organizations

• Microsoft Identity & Access Solutions Overview

• Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Management Solution Overview

• Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 Product Overview

• Microsoft ILM 2007 – Frequently Asked Questions

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