Has AzMan been removed from Microsoft server 2012 R2?

Question

I am working on a legacy product which uses Microsoft AzMan for authorization. Recently, as part of the Windows Server 2012 R2 migration, I found that the breaking changes indicate that the AzMan has been removed.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303411.aspx

But after installation of Windows Server 2012 R2, I still find that the AzMan exists. I am little confused now.

My questions: 1. Will AzMan be actually removed by Microsoft in coming days (if not already in Windows server 2012 R2)? 2. If Yes, then what is the best alternatives for AzMan.

I also checked an NetSqlAzMan as an alternative to AzMan. It looks really interesting. Anybody has already used NetSqlAzMan ? Any drawbacks you see ?

Answer 1

We are using Azman with Windows 2012 R2 and it works fine, even though it is deprecated.