Hi,

According to http://support2.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&alpha=forefront+identity+manager&Filter=FilterNO, mainstream support for FIM 2010 R2 SP1 ends on 7/14/2015. While extended support ends on 7/14/2020.

So...

1. Is Microsoft planning to release SP2 for FIM 2010 R2?
2. If not, then MIM 2015 has to RTM before 7/14/2015?

And unless you have Extended Support, you shouldn't even consider FIM 2010 R2 at this stage?

So what about customers that are currently planning/testing to deploy FIM in the middle of 2015? Should they continue working with FIM or rather develop/test on MIM?

Comments?

• Edited by Shim Kwan Thursday, December 04, 2014 8:23 PM

Bump! It would be nice to get a MS response to this.

On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 10:06:51 +0000, Dave Nesbitt wrote:

Bump! It would be nice to get a MS response to this.

There is more to consider here.

Since the question is about the lifecycle policy, there is more info on
Microsoft.com/lifecycle which is relevant. From this site (first section in
FAQ):
Mainstream Support for Business, Developer, and Desktop Operating Systems
will be provided for 5 years or for 2 years after the successor product
(N+1) is released, whichever is longer

At the time Microsoft releases MIM vNext, FIM2010 will automatically get
its support extended by 2 years to summer 2017. That should give you enough
time to upgrade from FIM to MIM even if you start with FIM today.

At TechEd Europe, Microsoft announced that the planned RTM for MIM is
mid-2015.

Hope this

Another consideration is platform support. If you want so deploy Identity Manager with the latest versions of products such as Windows Server, SQL Server and Exchange, then IMO it'll be worth waiting for MIM 20

Thank you for the feedback. I wonder whether the Microsoft Product Lifecycle page will be updated to reflect this 2 year extension...otherwise more people will be asking this same question.

On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 20:24:53 +0000, Shim Kwan wrote:

Thank you for the feedback. I wonder whether the Microsoft Product Lifecycle page will be updated to reflect this 2 year extension...otherwise more people will be asking this same question

It is in the FAQ. The FIM page won't be updated until MIM is rel

Thank you Paul.

The FIM support lifecycle page has been updated:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-za/lifecycle/search?sort=PN&alpha=Microsoft%20Forefront%20Identity%20Manager&Filter=FilterNO

Released	Lifecycle Start Date	Mainstream Support End Date	Extended Support End Date	Service Pack Support End Date	Notes
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010	2010-05-27	2017-10-10	2022-10-11		Mainstream and Extended support for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 is extended as shown in order to provide all customers with the standard lifecycle transition timeline.
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2	2012-07-24	2017-10-10	2022-10-11	2014-04-08	Mainstream and Extended support for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 is extended as shown in order to provide all customers with the standard lifecycle transition timeline.

Peter Geelen (Microsoft Belgium) - Premier Field Engineer Identity and Security

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• Edited by Peter Geelen - MSFTMicrosoft employee, Moderator 21 hours 9 minutes ago

The FIM support lifecycle page has been updated:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-za/lifecycle/search?sort=PN&alpha=Microsoft%20Forefront%20Identity%20Manager&Filter=FilterNO

Released	Lifecycle Start Date	Mainstream Support End Date	Extended Support End Date	Service Pack Support End Date	Notes
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010	2010-05-27	2017-10-10	2022-10-11		Mainstream and Extended support for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 is extended as shown in order to provide all customers with the standard lifecycle transition timeline.
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2	2012-07-24	2017-10-10	2022-10-11	2014-04-08	Mainstream and Extended support for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 is extended as shown in order to provide all customers with the standard lifecycle transition timeline.

Peter Geelen (Microsoft Belgium) - Premier Field Engineer Identity and Security

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• Edited by Peter Geelen - MSFTMicrosoft employee, Moderator Friday, July 10, 2015 10:15 AM