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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

Modifying the reports


While FIM 2010 R2 provides reports based on the default FIM schema, you can also extend FIM Reporting to accommodate custom resources and attributes that you have created in the FIM schema, or customize the way the reports are displayed.

Note

For detailed guidance on extending FIM Reporting, see http://aka.ms/FIMReporting.

As mentioned earlier, the FIM Reporting service automatically installs several SCSM management packs to define the default FIM schema and reports. Once you have modified the FIM schema with new resources or attributes, you will need to create another management pack, so that SCSM is aware of the new resources.

The following is a summary of this process from the TechNet article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj133861. It outlines the general process of extending FIM Reporting:

  1. Create a new Schema management pack for SCSM, which contains definitions for the new schema elements.

  2. Create a new FIM Reporting Binding file. A FIM Reporting Binding...