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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

Prerequisites


Before we can start installing any components, there are a number of prerequisites that we need to make sure we have in place.

The main reason for errors in FIM is mistakes made during this phase of the installation. Sometimes, it is hard to backtrack the errors, especially if you get Kerberos authentication errors.

Databases

The Company will have several servers running Microsoft SQL Server. The server names in the following list refer to the server names used in the description of the environment in Chapter 1, The Story in this Book:

  • FIM-Dev: This SQL server will be used by the FIM Sync and FIM Service running on the FIM-Dev server. But, this instance will also be used to develop and test SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages and test versions of SQL-based CDSs.

  • SQL: This is the central SQL server holding all production databases. This will be used by the FIM-Sync, FIM-Service, and FIM-CM servers. This is also where SQL-based CDSs such as the HR system will be found...