Some more feedback from my IDM User Group session (Email me to get added) today... There is an MF User Group session coming up next week I am sure it will be good as well.

Java 11 for everything but Designer/Analyzer. (Still Java 8 due to older Eclipse build still). Validator updates did not make it for the 4.9 release so when they are ready it will be moving to JAva 11 as well.

The changes in cn=monitor look like they are big ones.  Should be really nice to have. If you use the ACDI Workflow packages, then you will get even more Workflow info in ACDI reports.

Direct upgrade in place from 4.7.5 and all of the 4.8 builds to 4.9 which is nice.

The form renderer in Forms is basically same rev as in IGA, but with some differences.

ACDI looks pretty useful.   SkyPro has been building this for maybe a decade now, and is very powerful. The most interesting options are Time Machine, and object histories.  The ability to see all the changes made to a user over their lifecycle. Or to hunt down when a particular change was made and by whom is nice. 

You can export the state of an object at any time as LDIF, which basically means you can restore an object to any time point.

Looks really good. 

The included free ACDI Basic does not include all the reports not Time Machine, so you will likely want to buy the Pro version.

Can we interpret the lack of love/attention for modernizing Designer / Analyzer as a firmer confirmation that they are on the way out?
Or was it just that switching underlying layer to a newer Eclipse base is seemingly a huge amount of work.

A while back I feel the talk was that they wanted to duplicate some bits of Designer as web based apps so they could be cloud friendly, but that there was no end of life for Designer yet on the cards.

I have no official information. I did ask that specific question at another opportunity.  It was clear that an offline tool for IDM policy and workflow was NOT going away.  But Eclipse was not necessarily the way forward.

I have no further info.  On the UG session Hari suggested he would do a session on this topic which I intend to hold him to. (He is a tough  guy to get to commit to a time though I will tell you... Not his fault, but we planned this session back in March!)

Also yes, switching to a newer Eclipise is apparently a huge deal.

The Workflow in IGA is based on bmpn.io which is a web based workflow editor.  And they did not yet port Policy Builder to IDCOnsole, so who knows...

I have no official information. I did ask that specific question at another opportunity.  It was clear that an offline tool for IDM policy and workflow was NOT going away.  But Eclipse was not necessarily the way forward.

I have no further info.  On the UG session Hari suggested he would do a session on this topic which I intend to hold him to. (He is a tough  guy to get to commit to a time though I will tell you... Not his fault, but we planned this session back in March!)

Also yes, switching to a newer Eclipise is apparently a huge deal.

The Workflow in IGA is based on bmpn.io which is a web based workflow editor.  And they did not yet port Policy Builder to IDCOnsole, so who knows...