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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

Installation order


The FIM CM components can be installed regardless of the other FIM pieces.

If you have an existing SCSM environment, the SCSM Servers might already be in place but might still need some updates to support FIM 2001 R2 Reporting.

Note

At the time of writing, there is no official support for using SCSM 2012.

The following SCSM Servers need to be installed before we install the FIM Reporting feature:

  • SCSM Management (if the FIM Reporting feature is to be used)

  • SCSM Data Warehouse (if the FIM Reporting feature is to be used)

The FIM components also have some dependencies that make it logical to install them in a certain order. They should be installed in the following order:

  1. FIM Synchronization Service

  2. FIM Service

  3. FIM Portals

  4. FIM Reporting

If you have a setup similar to The Company, the order of installation could be to start off with the test/development environment. I am using the syntax server name: feature to install, in the following installation lists. The server names refer to...