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Microsoft Identity Manager Documentation | Microsoft Docs |
Learn how to use Microsoft Identity Manager. |
Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 binds Microsoft's identity and access management solutions together by seamlessly bridging multiple on-premises authentication stores like Active Directory, LDAP, Oracle, and other applications with Azure Active Directory. This provides consistent experiences to on-premises LOB applications and SaaS solutions.
>[!Warning] Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) mainstream support is ending 10/10/2017. Please [upgrade](microsoft-identity-manager-2016-upgrade-from-fim-2010-r2.md) to Microsoft Identity Manager 2016. More information:
- The FIM lifecycle information is provided [here](https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search?alpha=Microsoft%20Forefront%20Identity%20Manager%202010%20R2%20Service%20Pack%201,Microsoft%20Identity%20Manager%202016,Microsoft%20Forefront%20Identity%20Manager%202010)
- For information on public releases of identity products review the post titled [Microsoft Identity Software: Public Release Build Versions](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/iamsupport/idmbuildversions/)
