By now you’ve probably already heared ForeFront Identity Manager 2010 went RTM on March 2nd. FIM 2010 is the successor to ILM, the Identity Lifecycle Manager. FIM is an solution to manage identities and credentials in heterogeneous environments. It contains functionality for user (de)provisioning, password synchronization, group management, self-service and workflow-like applications. So for instance, FIM can enable organizations to automatically create an Active Directory user with an Exchange mailbox with all the proper settings when a new employee has been entered into the HRM system (or disabled or removed when the employee leaves the organization, depending on requirements).

You can download the trial here. More information on the FIM portal here.