Microsoft Identity Manager Public Preview is now available

Hi folks,

Microsoft recently announced the first public preview of the FIM 2010 R2 successor MIM (Microsoft Identity Manager).
For those of you who doesn't know FIM 2010 R2 let me quickly explain what MIM will be in the future. :-)

• MIM can synchronize identities between different types of systems. Identities in this case doesen't limit MIM to users or groups. I've been working in projects where we synchronized different other things like computer objects, GPOs, organization objects and so on. Synchronization of identities includes provisioning and deprovisioning of identities in connected systems.
• MIM can connect to on premises services as well as cloud 
• MIM provides easy to configure workflows for all those synchronization steps. Again, these workflows can be IAM (identity and access management) related or not. Workflows can be extended by public available workflow modules e.g. Powershell.
• MIM can provide a management solution for role based access control (RBAC) based on a web portal and business rules.
• MIM includes a self-service-portal for password reset, account unlock, group management, JIT (just in time) privileges.
• last but not least MIM can provide a management solution for certificate management.

You can find more information here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ad/archive/2014/11/18/microsoft-identity-manager-preview-release-1-is-now-available.aspx

and download the preview of MIM here: https://connect.microsoft.com/site433/Downloads

Have fun and happy synchronization :-)

Chris

Videos and books about FIM 2010

Hi folks,

it has been quite a while since my last post but I'm currently busy with some nice identity management project and of course FIM 2010 R2 or hopefully MIM in the future.

Doing all that stuff with FIM I was always looking for a good book about the product it self. I like to read books in my spare time (which I always don't have enough :-)) therefore I would like to write a short blog post about available books and videos about FIM 2010 R2.

Let's start with a video that is available from Kent Nordström (konab.com). The video is based on Kents book "Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Handbook"
https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/enterprise-identity-management-microsoft-forefront-identity-management-video

The video as well as the book has got the following chapters and to me is the best book available for the topic.

• Installing FIM 2010 R2 on Windows Server 2012 
• Basic Configuration of FIM Synchronization and FIM Service
• User Management
• Group Management
• Configuring FIM for Self-service
• Customizing FIM
• Reporting
• Issuing Smart Cards Using FIM CM

I realy recommend this to everybody if you're interessted in FIM. There is also a ebook version availabl for your tablet or Kindle. To order the book your can use Kents link http://aka.ms/FIMR2Book.

The second FIM book available.

It's called "FIM R2 Best Practices Volume 1: Introduction, Architecture and Installation of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2" from David Lundell and Brad Turner

http://www.amazon.com/FIM-Best-Practices-Volume-Introduction/dp/B009LP8CW8

I haven't finisched it yet but it is slightly different from Kents book. I contains more backgroud information on the product, its architecture and the topic identity management itself.

It's realy worth reading it.

At the moment these are the only two books I know about.

Please leave a comment if you know about any other books or videos and I'll include them into my post.

Have fun reading the books.

Chris

Forefront Identity Manager vNext is now known as Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)

Yesterday, Wednesday April 23rd 2014, Microsoft announced the roadmap for Forefront Identity Manager 2010, known as FIM 2010.  The new product will be called Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) and will be availabl in H1CY15.  The official announcement was posted to the Server & Cloud Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2014/04/23/forefront-identity-manager-vnext-roadmap-now-microsoft-identity-manager.aspx

The product is used to be renamed and was formerly known as MMS, MIIS, ILM, (ILM V2), FIM.
With the new name Microsoft shifts the product to a new central strategy and deliveres some nice features.

Even though I'm not to keen on the new name I'm confident that I have backed on the right horse.

Cheers!

Chris