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Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Handbook

By : Kent Nordstrom
Book Image

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

Chapter 2. Overview of FIM 2010 R2

Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 (FIM 2010 R2) is not one product, but a family of products working together to mitigate the challenges regarding Identity Management.

The following picture shows a high-level overview of the FIM family and the components relevant to an FIM 2010 R2 implementation:

Within the FIM family, there are some parts that can live by themselves and others that depend on other parts. But, in order to fully utilize the power of FIM 2010 R2, you should have all parts in place.

At the center, we have FIM Service and FIM Synchronization Service (FIM Sync). The key to a successful implementation of FIM 2010 R2 is to understand how these two components work—by themselves as well as together.

In this chapter, I will give you an overview of:

  • The history of FIM 2010 R2

  • FIM Synchronization Service (FIM Sync)

  • FIM Service

  • FIM Portal

  • FIM Reporting

  • FIM Certificate Management (FIM CM)

  • Licensing