Microsoft ends Entra Permissions Management: Why SailPoint CIEM is your next move

Microsoft is retiring Entra Permissions Management (MEPM) on October 1, 2025, which may leave enterprises without a dedicated solution for managing cloud access risk across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud environments.

Without a dedicated Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solution, organizations are exposed to significant risks, including privilege creep, overprovisioned access, and challenges in enforcing least-privilege principles and zero-trust security frameworks. The departure of MEPM has left many enterprises scrambling for a new way forward — and many are turning to SailPoint.

Enter SailPoint CIEM: The proven enterprise-grade alternative

SailPoint CIEM fills this gap — and does so with industry-leading capabilities. Delivered as part of SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, SailPoint CIEM is purpose-built to simplify and secure multi-cloud access with deep visibility, continuous governance, and intelligent automation.

Since its launch, SailPoint CIEM has earned the trust of hundreds of organizations worldwide, becoming the Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management of choice for enterprises navigating complex identity and access challenges.

Key capabilities include:

• Broad multi-cloud coverage: Seamlessly manage access across Azure, AWS, and GCP in one unified interface.
• Visualization of access: Track all the access paths from identity to cloud services to right-size access.
• Automate cloud access: Add productive access based on job function - and remove when jobs change or an employee departs the organization with AI optimized and continually refined roles.
• Identity centric business intelligence: View departmental access and usage of cloud services and subscriptions, accounts, and projects to streamline security risk and business requirements.
• Outlier scores: Proactively identify risky access for review with machine learning and analysis
• Streamlined Microsoft integration: SailPoint works with Microsoft Entra and Azure, making migration frictionless and future-proof.

Recognized as a “Leader” in the 2025 KuppingerCole CIEM Leadership Compass report, SailPoint CIEM stands out for its innovation, scalability, and advanced analytics.

Customer impact: Operational efficiency meets compliance

The impact of SailPoint CIEM is best illustrated through customer success. One large enterprise, facing the classic challenge of fragmented cloud access, turned to SailPoint to modernize its approach.

Each audit cycle was consuming hundreds of hours with Cloud Admin and IAM teams struggling to piece together a clear picture of who had access to what across various platforms. They couldn’t demonstrate access removal or auditable access provisioning and review. By centralizing audit and reporting through SailPoint CIEM and Identity Security Cloud, the organization eliminated time-consuming bottlenecks and improved its compliance posture.

The result? Streamlined operations, clearer accountability, and significant time savings — all while gaining comprehensive visibility into their cloud entitlements.

Move to SailPoint: Secure your cloud future

The discontinuation of MEPM is more than just a product change; it’s a call to reassess your cloud security posture. SailPoint CIEM empowers you to move beyond basic visibility to intelligent, automated entitlement management that scales with your business. Whether you're responding to MEPM's retirement or proactively strengthening your cloud governance, SailPoint CIEM is the strategic and future-ready choice trusted by hundreds of global enterprises.

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