finding some semblance of balance amongst the chaos of identity and access management including the Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (MIIS), Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 (ILM), ILM 2, and Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM).
Uh yes, very big step, especially for us in the public sector space. Nice job team!
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