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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

FIM Synchronization Service (FIM Sync)


FIM Synchronization Service is the oldest member of the FIM family. Anyone who has worked with MIIS back in 2003 will feel quite at home with it. Visually, the management tools look the same.

FIM Synchronization Service can actually work by itself, without any other component of FIM 2010 R2 being present. You will then basically get the same functionality as MIIS had, back in 2003.

FIM Synchronization Service is the heart of FIM, which pumps the data around, causing information about identities to flow from one system to another.

Let's look at the pieces that make up the FIM Synchronization Service:

As you can see, there are lots of acronyms and concepts that need a little explaining.

On the right-hand side of FIM Synchronization Service, we have Metaverse (MV). Metaverse is used to collect all the information about all the identities managed by FIM.

On the other side, we have Connected Data Source (CDS). Connected Data Source is the database, directory...