Chapter 16. Choosing the Right Technology, Methods, and Future Trends

In the final destination of our journey, we will discuss additional information that will help you to manage several cloud scenarios and support new initiatives to bring you back to your daily business. We will jump into some upcoming features and innovations of Microsoft. Finally, we will provide you with some extra information about the upcoming features of Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) 2016 and Windows Server 2016 to be prepared in the on-premises environment for suitable hybrid cloud usage:

• MIM 2016 improvements include:

  • Synchronization Engine merger

  • REST API support

  • Privileged Access Management (PAM) improvements

  • MIM and Exchange online integration

  • MIM compatibility updates

• Advanced Conditional Access Helper

  • Conditional Access Client scenarios - Mail access

  • Conditional Access Client scenarios - SharePoint access

Let's dive into the different functions available. First, we will start with MIM. Obviously, there are more...

MIM 2016 future improvements

We have already discussed the role and importance of MIM 2016 in the On-Premise IAM landscape. As you already know, there are two synchronization engines in place at the moment - the Azure Active Directory (AAD) Connect and the MIM 2016 synchronization engine.

Synchronization engine merger

One of the main strategies of Microsoft is to combine these two engines into one for better usability and the fulfillment of all requirements with one engine. Microsoft actually recommends using AAD Connect for synchronization with Azure AD and MIM 2016 to synchronize with all the On-premise directories and repositories. The first steps of consolidation are already done for building the identity bridge, as you can see with all the rich functionality of Azure AD Connect. The consolidation process is still in progress.

REST API support

Another planned strategy is to provide a complete REST API for the MIM Service. You will find a partial implementation with the MIM PAM portal that...

Summary

After working through this final chapter you should now be able to create modern IAM architectures with future improvements and have knowledge of the upcoming features of MIM and Windows Server 2016. In this chapter, we focused on the different client scenarios, because in every project we answer the same questions about the different capabilities - perhaps you are in the same situation. During the different chapters, we always described the different Windows Server 2016 capabilities for designing and implementing the new features of this server product. With this knowledge you should be well prepared and able to take the right decisions. We want to thank you for choosing this book and hope that you take some relevant and important knowledge out of these chapters. We wish you happiness and success when working with your hybrid IAM solutions with Microsoft Azure. We will follow up on these topics on www.inovit.ch and blog.idam.ch.