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Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Handbook

By : Kent Nordstrom
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Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Handbook

By: Kent Nordstrom

Overview of this book

Microsoft's Forefront Identity Manager simplifies enterprise identity management for end users by automating admin tasks and integrating the infrastructure of an enterprise with strong authentication systems. The "Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Handbook" is an in-depth guide to Identity Management. You will learn how to manage users and groups and implement self-service parts. This book also covers basic Certificate Management and troubleshooting. Throughout the book we will follow a fictional case study. You will see how to implement IM and also set up Smart Card logon for strong administrative accounts within Active Directory. You will learn to implement all the features of FIM 2010 R2. You will see how to install a complete FIM 2010 R2 infrastructure including both test and production environment. You will be introduced to Self-Service management of both users and groups. FIM Reports to audit the identity management lifecycle are also discussed in detail. With the "Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Handbook" you will be able implement and manage FIM 2010 R2 almost effortlessly.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Handbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
8
Using FIM to Manage Office 365 and Other Cloud Identities
Afterword
Index

Summary


It is not easy to make changes to the FIM Portal, to make it better fitted for the tasks we will use it for. Just remember that UI changes are among the last things we do in an FIM project. First of all we need to make sure it works and then we can think about how we can change the UI to make the operation and usage of FIM easier.

The forms used in FIM have some limitations, but I usually try to convince my customers to use the FIM Portal first, before building a custom interface. In most cases, the cost for building the custom interface is too high compared to the gain in usability.

In this chapter I have showed some examples of typical changes made to the UI of the FIM Portal. We have seen how navigation bar resources and search scopes can dramatically change the look and operation of the FIM Portal depending on who the user is. I have also showed how difficult it is to modify the forms and RCDCs used in the FIM Portal.

As we have discussed in this chapter, it is quite common to customize...