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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

Configuring FIM Service


SSPR is not enabled by default in FIM Service, so we need to enable some MPRs and configure some sets and workflows.

Security context

I am not sure if you remember the steps when we installed the FIM password registration and reset portals back in Chapter 3. But let me remind you of one critical part in that setup:

During the setup, we decided that the portal should be used for Intranet users. While configuring SSPR, we can configure some settings to only apply to Extranet users. At The Company, we only have one set of password registration and reset portals. But the idea is that you might also want to have a special set for Extranet users. Later, we will refer to this as security context. Security context can either be All or Extranet, where All means it applies to both Intranet and Extranet users.

Password Reset Users Set

The default MPRs around SSPR use a predefined set called Password Reset Users Set . If you look at the criterion for that set, you will find it...