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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

The configuration wizard


If we knew what was coming in the configuration wizard, we might have prepared a bit more before starting it. But one way of configuring FIM CM is to solve the problems as they arise in the configuration wizard. It is quite common to cancel out from the wizard to fix something, and then start it again.

Since I know what is coming, I will make some preparations before I start it.

Create service accounts

We have so far, in our FIM deployment, created quite a few service accounts. FIM CM, however, requires that we create a few more. During the configuration wizard, we get the option of having the wizard create them for us, but I always create them manually in my FIM CM deployments.

One reason is that a few of them need to be assigned some certificates. If we use an HSM, we have to create them manually, in order to make sure the certificates are indeed using the HSM.

The wizard will ask for six different service accounts, but we actually need seven.

In my example, I...