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Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Handbook

By : David Steadman, Jeff Ingalls
Book Image

Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Handbook

By: David Steadman, Jeff Ingalls

Overview of this book

Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 is Microsoft’s solution to identity management. When fully installed, the product utilizes SQL, SharePoint, IIS, web services, the .NET Framework, and SCSM to name a few, allowing it to be customized to meet nearly every business requirement. The book is divided into 15 chapters and begins with an overview of the product, what it does, and what it does not do. To better understand the concepts in MIM, we introduce a fictitious company and their problems and goals, then build an identity solutions to fit those goals. Over the course of this book, we cover topics such as MIM installation and configuration, user and group management options, self-service solutions, role-based access control, reducing security threats, and finally operational troubleshooting and best practices. By the end of this book, you will have gained the necessary skills to deploy, manage and operate Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 to meet your business requirements and solve real-world customer problems.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Handbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Prerequisites


Before we can start installing any components, there are a number of prerequisites that we need to make sure we have in place.

The main reason for errors in MIM is mistakes made during this phase of the installation. Sometimes, it is hard to backtrack the errors, especially if you get Kerberos authentication errors.

Databases

The Company will have several servers running Microsoft SQL Server. The server names in the following list refer to the server names used in Chapter 1, Overview of Microsoft Identity Manager 2016:

  • TFCSQL01: This is the central SQL server holding all production databases. This will be used by the MIM Sync, MIM Service, and MIM CM servers. This is also where SQL-based CDSes such as the HR system will be found.

  • TFCSCSM-MGMT01: This SQL server will be used by SCSM for management. The Financial Company does not have existing SCSM infrastructure and is implementing this for MIM reporting purposes only.

  • TFCSCSM-DW01: This SQL server will be used by SCSM for data warehousing...