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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

Installing client add-ins


It is now time for the client add-ins to be installed. If you are using some approval workflows in your user management, you might have a need for the add-ins, earlier in your implementation.

There are two pieces of client software packaged with FIM—Add-ins and extensions and CM Client. In this chapter, I will only use Add-ins and extensions and will leave the CM Client for Chapter 12, Issuing Smart Cards, where FIM CM and Smart Card management are discussed.

Add-ins and extensions

The following steps show what the manual installation of the add-ins looks like, but in practice, you will deploy the MSI package using your favorite deployment tool and manage all the settings using group policies. Read more about your options, at http://aka.ms/FIMAddIn.

To install manually, locate your FIM 2010 R2 media and follow the ensuing steps:

  1. The add-ins and extensions are available in multiple languages. Be aware that there are both x64 and x86 versions. Run setup.exe as administrator...