<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Identity	I-Protocol
Integration	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
(	O
MIIS	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
identity	O
management	O
(	O
IdM	O
)	O
product	O
offered	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
back-end	B-Application
data	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
metaverse	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
e-mail	O
system	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
its	O
human	O
resources	O
database	O
to	O
the	O
organization	O
's	O
PBX	B-Device
system	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
data	O
repository	O
containing	O
relevant	O
user	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
extensible	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
developers	O
and	O
network	O
administrators	O
to	O
extend	O
out-of-the-box	O
capabilities	O
and	O
perform	O
complex	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIIS	O
has	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
two	O
Canadian	O
companies	O
 '	O
products	O
,	O
Linkage	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
's	O
metadirectory	O
product	O
LinkAge	O
Directory	O
Exchange	O
(	O
LDE	O
)	O
which	O
Microsoft	O
acquired	O
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
1997	O
and	O
Zoomit	B-Protocol
Corporation	O
's	O
metadirectory	O
product	O
,	O
Via	O
,	O
which	O
Microsoft	O
acquired	O
on	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
acquiring	O
Zoomit	B-Protocol
Via	O
Microsoft	O
renamed	O
it	O
to	O
MMS	O
(	O
Microsoft	O
Metadirectory	O
Services	O
)	O
and	O
offered	O
this	O
product	O
for	O
free	O
;	O
however	O
they	O
will	O
strongly	O
encourage	O
customers	O
to	O
hire	O
Microsoft	O
Consulting	O
Services	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
configure	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Identity	I-Protocol
Integration	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2003	O
was	O
completely	O
re-written	O
from	O
ground	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
original	O
Zoomit	B-Protocol
Via	O
code	O
was	O
moved	O
into	O
MIIS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIIS	O
2003	O
no	O
longer	O
uses	O
ZScript	O
(	O
proprietary	O
scripting	O
language	O
of	O
Zoomit	B-Protocol
Via	O
)	O
,	O
instead	O
it	O
offered	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IIFP	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
slimmed-down	O
version	O
of	O
MIIS	O
that	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
synchronization	O
between	O
AD	O
,	O
ADAM	O
,	O
and	O
exchange	O
datastores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fall	O
2007	O
MIIS	O
2003	O
was	O
incorporated	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
offering	O
called	O
Identity	B-Protocol
Lifecycle	I-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
(	O
ILM	B-Protocol
)	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Identity	B-Protocol
Lifecycle	I-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
2007	O
includes	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
original	O
MIIS	O
2003	O
product	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
a	O
component	O
called	O
Certificate	O
Lifecycle	O
Manager	O
(	O
CLM	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
X.509	O
digital	O
certificate	O
and	O
smart	O
card	O
issuance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
and	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
Lotus	I-Operating_System
Domino	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
5.5	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
&	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIIS	O
provides	O
developers	O
with	O
well	O
defined	O
framework	O
to	O
create	O
additional	O
management	O
agents	O
(	O
in	O
any	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
languages	O
currently	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
)	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
out-of-the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
itself	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
third	O
party	O
vendors	O
provide	O
a	O
wide	O
array	O
of	O
additional	O
management	O
agents	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
OpenLDAP	B-Language
,	O
IBM	B-Application
UniData	I-Application
,	O
PeopleSoft	O
,	O
Windows	O
Live	O
ID/Hotmail	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
MIIS	O
appears	O
to	O
support	O
DSML	B-General_Concept
,	O
there	O
is	O
currently	O
no	O
out-of-the-box	O
support	O
for	O
SPML	O
version	O
1	O
or	O
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
