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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

Summary


Installing the prerequisites is, as you can see, the toughest part, while installing the products involved in the FIM family is quite straightforward.

In this chapter, I have shown what it would look like if you installed all FIM 2010 R2 components using the setup that my example company, The Company, is using.

In my opinion, the key to a successful FIM 2010 R2 installation is to really understand the prerequisites, making sure you understand all your service accounts, aliases, and Kerberos settings.

Please remember that if you are not planning to use parts of the product, you might be able to reduce the number of machines involved. If you, for example, are not interested in FIM Reporting, the whole setup of the SCSM infrastructure is not required.

Now that we have our installation in place, it is time to start using our FIM 2010 R2 infrastructure. In the next chapter, we will start off by looking at the initial configuration of the FIM Synchronization, FIM Service, and FIM Portal components...