NetIQ Identity Manager FAQs

There is not a newsletter specifically for Identity Manager, but you can subscribe for communication by the Identity and Access Management theme: https://www.microfocus.com/communities/subscription/.You can also subscribe to the general Identity newsletter: https://www.microfocus.com/communities/#identity

There is a User Forum to follow: https://forums.novell.com/forumdisplay.php/1307-Identity-Manager and the Cool Solutions blog: https://www.netiq.com/communities/cool-solutions/

If you are social follow the @MicroFocusHelp and @NetIQ Twiiter handles.

Users of Identity Manager are, of course, informed of updates, patches, features, new release, etc. Just speak with your account manager or the support desk to ensure you are on the distribution. (more)

This will depend on a few factor. Without understanding your system and which of the 60+ Drivers you are going to be using in your system it would be difficult to estimate. The Identity Manager drivers are pretty straight forward, but that is assuming an understanding of both the systems that are being connected (such as eDir to AD, or eDir to eDir, or eDir to SAP). We do have consulting / professional service options to help. Support also has TIDs to provide some level of direction as well. Beyond the services and the documentation you would need to open a Service Request to handle any challenges that arise. There is also OnDemand training.
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Yes, there are currently 110 success stories on the NetIQ website: https://www.netiq.com/success/#identitymanager (more)