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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

Summary


In this chapter, we discussed why privileged access management is important, its components, and how it works. We gave you the component requirements and walked you through installing the module and verifying its functionality by demonstrating how an end user would perform a request. Considerations, installation of the sample, the custom PAM portal, and setting up multi-factor authentication was also discussed. Did we miss anything? You bet! Explore the official TechNet documents for PAM at http://bit.ly/MIMPAMTechNet.

In the next chapter, we will cover how MIM can help your organization save end user time, money, and frustration by setting up self-service password reset and password synchronization. Even though password management such as PAM is an option, we believe you will find it an invaluable enterprise service.