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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 very rare to have a FIM project where the data in all CDSs (Connected Data Sources) are structured in a way that can be easily consumed and managed by FIM.

You will often need to use one or several of the transformation ways we have discussed in this chapter. I am personally a friend of limiting the code base in the FIM implementations, since I believe the cost of maintaining this code over time is often underestimated. This is why I have grown fond of using SSIS lately. SSIS is today a really powerful tool when it comes to data transformations.

In this chapter we have seen examples of how PowerShell, non-declarative, classic rules extensions, and SSIS can be used to transform data, making it manageable by FIM.

In the next chapter, we will take a look at the outcast member of the FIM products, FIM Certificate Management. It is time to show how FIM can be used to manage Smart Cards.