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Microsoft® has a vibrant partner ecosystem around Identity and Access solutions. These partners offer solutions that extend Microsoft's offerings and/or they provide the skills needed to design and deploy complete Identity & Access solutions to support customer requirements. Clicking on the partner logos will take you to the partner website where you can learn more about how this partner can assist you in creating the right Microsoft based Identity & Access solution for your organization.
Avanade Avanade
Avanade approaches security from a holistic and strategic perspective to ensure reliability, regulatory compliance, data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With an increasingly mobile workforce with access to Web services, Avanade security solutions strike an optimum balance between convenience and reduced risk of exposure.To learn more about Avanade security solutions contact our team at securitysolutions@avanade.com.
Centrify
Centrify enhances the value of Microsoft's Directory Services solution by providing centralized, Active Directory-based identity management, access control and auditing for your UNIX, Linux and Mac OS systems and applications. With Centrify you can also leverage Active Directory to provide access control and strong authentication for a wide range of non-Microsoft databases, ERP applications and storage devices. For a detailed white paper, visit http://www.centrify.com/centralize.
Dimension Data Dimension Data
Dimension Data is a 10,000-person specialist IT infrastructure services provider with offices in over 40 countries around the world. Dimension Data's Microsoft® Solutions practice assists our enterprise clients to assess and optimize their Microsoft Infrastructure to efficiently deliver the greatest business value. In 2006, Dimension Data won three Microsoft Global Partner of the Year awards, establishing itself as a leading global Microsoft System Integration partner.
Dimension Data has successfully designed, migrated or upgraded the Active Directory environments for hundreds of enterprise customers. Additionally, our IP Telephony – Active Directory (IPAD) solution is an identity lifecycle management solution to that seamlessly provisions, synchronizes and manages Cisco Call ManagerTM with Active Directory leveraging Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007.
Likewise Likewise
Likewise® enterprise solutions improve management and interoperability of Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Mac systems with easy-to-use software for administration and centralized cross-platform authentication.
Likewise Enterprise provides familiar Windows-based tools for system administrators to seamlessly integrate Linux and UNIX systems with Microsoft Active Directory. This enables companies running mixed networks to use existing Windows skills and resources, maximize the value of their Active Directory investment, strengthen the security of their network, and lower Linux server TCO.
NetPro NetPro
NetPro helps drive the manageability, security, compliance, and availability of the Windows infrastructure and Identity Management platform. NetPro provides powerful solutions to monitor corporate security policies in real-time, providing both active and passive remediation. When systems slip out of compliance with corporate configuration standards, NetPro not only reports on compliance lapses but also automatically returns the system to a safe state without costly manual intervention. The solution works 24x7 to ensure that critical Active Directory and File Server configurations are correctly defined and secure; enforcing corporate compliance at all times by providing real-time notification of all non-compliant changes that are attempted.
Omada Omada
"Omada" - the 100% Microsoft® based solution for role based access control and workflows that empowers Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 and Microsoft Active Directory. A complete Identity life cycle management solution covering graphical Workflow, user management, delegation, reporting & auditing, role based access control and self-service. Additionally Omada adds value to Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft SQL Server and provides deep integration into SAP. Ease of use allows rapid and cost effective implementation.
Oxford Computer Group Optimal IdM
Optimal IdM is a leading global solutions provider of identity management consulting and software solutions. The solutions we offer leverage the complete Microsoft IDA stack including Active Directory, MIIS/ILM, ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services), and RMS (Rights Management Services). Utilizing these key technologies we provide clients functionality such as user management, user provisioning, workflow/delegation, audit/compliance, SSO (single sign-on), RBAC (role based access control), password management and self-service. Optimal IdM is headquartered in Land O’ Lakes, Florida and has delivered identity management services in over 12 countries on 4 continents.
Oxford Computer Group Oxford Computer Group
Oxford Computer Group (OCG) is a Microsoft Gold Partner specializing in IdA Solutions and Training. With operations in North America, the UK and Germany, OCG have an enviable repository of expertise, solution components, and training courses.

OCG offer the only comprehensive ADLDS (ADAM) training course, and provide enterprise directory solutions using AD and ADLDS (ADAM) with User and Role Manager.
Paramount Defenses Inc Paramount Defenses Inc
Paramount Defenses Inc, a Top-10 Most Innovative Company of the Year at RSA 2007, founded by former Microsoft Program Manager for Active Directory Security, offers Gold Finger, the world’s first solution to accurately and instantly identify the resultant set of permissions in Active Directory.

Gold Finger, built on patent-pending technology, allows organizations to determine who has access to the keys to the kingdom, to vital user accounts, to sensitive security group memberships, and to vital group policies. It thus empowers organizations to reliably lock down access and to eliminate security privilege escalation paths in their Active Directory deployments.

The company also offers trustworthy Active Directory access and risk assessment and mitigation services aimed at helping organizations secure their mission-critical Active Directory deployments. For more information, please visit www.paramountdefenses.com.
Quest Software Quest Software
Quest Software leverages Active Directory and MIIS for enterprise-wide identity management, enabling centralized authentication and single sign-on for heterogeneous environments while addressing security and regulatory compliance. Quest provides reduced sign on, password management, user provisioning, audit and compliance reporting, and more. Download the white paper, "Simplify Identity Management," today at http://www.quest.com/identity_management/.
UniSys Unisys
Unisys is committed to delivering a secure business environment that enables Integration, Growth, Innovation and Change. By combining the Microsoft Identity and Access offerings and related 3rd party offerings with Unisys' unique experience and knowledge in delivering and managing Identity and Access solutions, we can provide the services to companies, governments, and organizations that allow them to leverage Active Directory, ADAM, MIIS, and connections to non-Microsoft systems to meet critical and demanding application and security requirements.