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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

Licensing


I put this part in here, not to tell you how FIM 2010 R2 is licensed, but rather to tell you that it is complex. Since Microsoft has a habit of changing the way they license their products, I will not put any license details into writing.

Depending on what parts you are using and, in some cases, how you are using them, you need to buy different licenses. FIM 2010 R2 (at the time of my writing) uses both Server licenses as well as Client Access Licenses (CALs).

In almost every FIM project I have been involved with, the licensing cost has been negligible compared to the gain retrieved by implementing it. But even so, please make sure to contact your Microsoft licensing partner, or your Microsoft contact, to clear any questions you might have around licensing.

If you do not have Microsoft System Center Service Manager (SCSM), it is stated (at the time of my writing) that you can install and use SCSM for FIM Reporting usage without having to buying SCSM licenses.

Read more about FIM Licensing...