The SailPoint team is thrilled to announce the release of IdentityIQ 8.5—continuing our commitment to delivering a powerful, intelligent identity security platform. With this latest release, we’ve focused on elevating the user experience, strengthening security controls, and expanding automation capabilities to help you drive efficiency and scale your identity program with confidence.
- Microsoft Teams Integration: Access Request Approvals
Approvers require a simple way to manage access request approvals, seamlessly integrated with their primary collaboration tool like Microsoft Teams, to be able to make decisions on the go. In IdentityIQ 8.3, we built the support for notifications in Microsoft Teams, but with this enhancement, our end-users can operate with better efficiency. Below are few of the actions users can take:
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Accept, Deny, Forward, Assign
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View work item details
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View policy violations
Watch a short overview video of the new functionality.
- GenAI Descriptions for Entitlements
Managing entitlement descriptions at scale can be overwhelming—some IdentityIQ customers have catalogs with over a million entitlements. To ease this burden, IdentityIQ 8.5 introduces a powerful new GenAI-driven feature that automatically suggests entitlement descriptions using large language models. This enhancement helps keep your catalog accurate and up-to-date with minimal effort, saving time and improving clarity across your identity landscape.
Watch a short overview video of the new functionality.
- Self-Service Access Request Entitlement Recommendations (COMING SOON POST 8.5!)
Building on the momentum from IdentityIQ 8.2, where we introduced self-service access request recommendations for roles, we’re excited to expand this capability to now include entitlements.
With this enhancement in IdentityIQ 8.5, end users get intelligent recommendations not just for roles, but also for the specific entitlements they may need—eliminating the guesswork in access requests. By surfacing the right entitlements up front, organizations can streamline the access request process, reduce back-and-forth approvals, and help users get what they need in a single, efficient transaction.
Watch a short overview video of the new functionality.
- Restrict View of Sensitive Identity Attributes
As organizations store more sensitive personal data in IdentityIQ, protecting that information is more important than ever. With IdentityIQ 8.5, we’re introducing the ability to restrict visibility of sensitive identity attributes—ensuring that only users with a legitimate purpose can access certain personal or confidential fields. Whether it’s PII or other sensitive identity data, this feature allows you to define exactly who can see what, with flexible configuration options.
This enhancement helps organizations enforce data privacy while still empowering users to do their jobs effectively. Affected areas include Identity Warehouse, Manage Identity, Access Reviews, and Work Items.
Watch a short overview video of the new functionality.
- UX/UI Modernization and Improvements
As part of our continued effort to modernize IdentityIQ and improve the user experience, IdentityIQ 8.5 includes several UI and UX enhancements:
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Improved the Sunrise/Sunset experience with a more intuitive look and feel, and a streamlined flow for adding, removing, or changing access.
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Added new filters, Role Owner and Access Type**,** on the Manage Access Request page to help users find relevant access more efficiently.
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Enhanced the end user access review page by making sorting clearer and displaying the actual due date directly in the UI.
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Made the “Show Classifications” option configurable in Entitlement Owner Certifications, allowing more flexibility based on certification needs.
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Modernized the front-end framework from AngularJS to Angular 18 on the following pages:
- Access Review
- Rapid Setup
- Login Page
- Admin Preferences
- API Authentication
- Access History
Watch a short overview video of the new functionality.
- Non-Employee Risk Management (NERM) Connector for IdentityIQ
With the release of IdentityIQ 8.5, we’re excited to launch a new out-of-the-box (OOTB) connector for NERM, designed to streamline integration and reduce implementation time. This integration brings authoritative aggregation of non-employee profiles and enables robust user access management and certifications directly within IdentityIQ.
This new capability empowers organizations to better govern non-employee identities, maintain data consistency between IdentityIQ and NERM, and simplify lifecycle management through automated aggregation and correlation. It also extends IdentityIQ’s governance reach to include NERM roles and entitlements, ensuring appropriate and auditable access for all.
Click here for additional details on this connector.
Additional Information
For a detailed summary and recorded demos of what’s new in 8.5, please see What’s New In IdentityIQ 8.5
For release notes, please see: IdentityIQ 8.5 Release Notes
Related Information
- IdentityIQ 8.5 Product Documentation
- IdentityIQ 8.5 VPAT
- Access History Database Sizing Guidelines
- IdentityIQ Wiki for articles, documents, and more
- Technical White Papers - IdentityIQ
- IdentityIQ Best Practices