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Forefront Identity Manager - Credential Management, Part 1

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Background
Nowadays, for most companies, if an employee forgets his password, very likely he would need to call help desk to reset the password for him. FIM helps enterprise reduce help desk cost by providing "Self-Service Password Reset" (SSPR).

Scenario

  1. After deployment, employee will be prompted to answer a list of questions (e.g. "What's the name of your first pet") defined by system admin upon logging on to the machine.
  2. After a nice long Christmas, he goes back to work and has forgotten his password.
  3. He will be stuck at the logon screen and notice there is a new "Reset Password" link.
  4. Upon clicking on the link, he will be prompted for a list of questions he previously registered with in step (1).
  5. If he answers the questions correctly, he will be prompted to input his new password.
  6. He submits his new password (which has to be complied with the corporate policy).
  7. He can then logon to his machine with the new password and continue to work.

Screenshots

  1. Registration
    1. Welcome Screen
    2. Password Gate. It asks for your password. You don't want someone else to register for you while you are not at your machine right?
    3. QA Gate. Hm... Who is my favorite author? Let me think...
    4. That's it. Pretty easy huh.
  2. Reset
    1. I don't remember my password. Let's click on the Reset Password link in logon screen.
    2. I don't remember my first pet's name. Luckily, I do remember the others.
    3. What do I want for my new password?
    4. Wow, I can't believe it is that easy and fast.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Make sure that no ACTIVE X is being blocked from running because if you have GPO's which are preventing A X from running you will get errors or the Q A windows will not show @ all

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Please start a thread here with your problem http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ilm2/threads

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2010
    Hi, After I Answer all the questions and I try to reset my password i get this error messager: "An error ocurred when trying to reset your password, please contact the help desk for assistance" Could you please help me with this. !!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    June 15, 2013
    Hi , i want to deploy FIM 2010 for Learning Purpose. i have Domain Controller,SQL Server and Exchange Server 2010 in Lab environment. Please guide me for Step by step installation of FIM 2010. email :umer480@gmail.com

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