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Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Handbook

By : Kent Nordstrom
Book Image

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

Chapter 5. User Management

User management is the primary goal for most FIM deployments. Synchronizing user information between different Management Agents and managing user provisioning/deprovisioning is often the first thing we focus on, in our FIM deployment.

In this chapter, we will look at:

  • How user management is set up in FIM Service and FIM Synchronization Service

  • How to manage users in:

    • Active Directory

    • Microsoft Exchange

    • A phone system

  • How to enable users to do some self-service

    Note

    Before we move on, let's make something clear.

    In this chapter, and the next on Group Management, all configuration changes are made in the FIM-dev environment and then migrated to the production environment. I will not point out that step.