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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

Configuring the CA


The CA used by FIM CM needs to be configured before we can use it.

First, we need to install the FIM CM CA files, and then we need to configure the modules we just installed.

Installing FIM CM CA files

You install the CA files by running the same setup as when installing the FIM CM server.

The only trick is to remember to deselect the FIM CM Portal and FIM CM Update Service options in the feature selection during setup. We only want to install FIM CM CA Files.

Configuring Policy Module

Once we have installed the modules, we need to configure them with some information regarding the FIM CM.

In the properties of Exit Module, we need to tell the CA how to connect to the FIM CM database by supplying it with a connection string.

A typical connection string might look as follows:

connect Timeout=15;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=True;Initial Catalog=FIMCertificateManagement;Data Source=dbFIMCM

In this example, I am using a SQL alias on the CA server as well.

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