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Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Handbook

By : David Steadman, Jeff Ingalls
Book Image

Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Handbook

By: David Steadman, Jeff Ingalls

Overview of this book

Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 is Microsoft’s solution to identity management. When fully installed, the product utilizes SQL, SharePoint, IIS, web services, the .NET Framework, and SCSM to name a few, allowing it to be customized to meet nearly every business requirement. The book is divided into 15 chapters and begins with an overview of the product, what it does, and what it does not do. To better understand the concepts in MIM, we introduce a fictitious company and their problems and goals, then build an identity solutions to fit those goals. Over the course of this book, we cover topics such as MIM installation and configuration, user and group management options, self-service solutions, role-based access control, reducing security threats, and finally operational troubleshooting and best practices. By the end of this book, you will have gained the necessary skills to deploy, manage and operate Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 to meet your business requirements and solve real-world customer problems.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Handbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Restoring the MIM synchronization DB


A backup of the SQL database will include the schema, Management Agents, and even the rules extensions (they are stored as binary blobs in the database), but it can be handy to have just the Management Agents and Metaverse configuration saved and backed up separately. You do not need to stop the MIM Synchronization service before performing the backup, but you should verify no Management Agents are running because a running Management Agent means data is being processed.

The most common restore problem with the MIM Synchronization service database is a lost encryption key. If you need to restore the database without providing the encryption key, you will lose all MA connection settings and will have to reconfigure them. Re-entering service account passwords and clicking on Next a few times may seem a minor thing, but keep in mind that you will lose any initial passwords of users that are in the process of being provisioned. If you look at the pending exports...