the Connector Space

A blog dedicated to the Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Microsoft Identity Manager

(WAL) - Workflow Example - Create Admin Accounts

The following Example is an illustration of how the Create Resource Workflow Activity could be used,...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 01/25/2016

(WAL) - Workflow Example - Create Home Directory

The following Example is an illustration of how the PowerShell Workflow Activity could be used, some...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 01/23/2016

(WAL) - Workflow Example - Employee ID Generator

In this Workflow Example we will demonstrate how to use the MIM WAL to build a Workflow that can be...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 01/15/2016

The MIMWAL (Custom Workflow Activity Library)

The MIMWAL has been officially released... Before use of this custom Workflow Activity Library or...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 01/15/2016

FIM / MIM Preparation Script Version 1

Updated 23 September 2016  MIMPrepScript.zip For the past few weeks my colleague and I who co author...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 11/10/2015

SharePoint Foundations 2013 Offline Part 2 ( Install Prerequisites )

Note: for the purpose of this blog posting i have created a Folder called "SPF2013" which includes...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 10/03/2015

Unpack the SharePoint Foundations installation files.

Please be sure to have all of the SharePoint Foundations Prerequisites downloaded, SharePoint...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 10/03/2015

SharePoint Foundations 2013 Offline Part 1 ( Download all Prerequisite software )

The following steps can be used to install and Configure SharePoint Foundations 2013 in Offline...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 10/02/2015

The Complete Synchronization Process - Part 4: Delta/Full Import/Synchronization Explained

In "The Complete Synchronization Process - Part 1: New User Synchronization", we covered the...

Author: ktackett Date: 09/28/2015

The Complete Synchronization Process - Part 3: Joins

In "The Complete Synchronization Process - Part 1: New User Synchronization", we covered the...

Author: ktackett Date: 09/28/2015

The Complete Synchronization Process - Part 2: Existing User Synchronization

In “The Complete Synchronization Process – Part 1: New User Synchronization”, we covered the...

Author: ktackett Date: 09/25/2015

The Complete Synchronization Process - Part 1: New User Synchronization

Let’s take a deep-dive look at the actual synchronization process. For the purpose of this example,...

Author: ktackett Date: 09/25/2015

Provisioning a Mail Enabled User

I’d like to cover something that I get asked about a lot: provisioning mail enabled users with...

Author: ktackett Date: 09/08/2015

Service account is not secure in its current configuration

Used to secure the following MIM PAM Service Accounts Application Pool ( For Rest API ) PAM...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 08/28/2015

Warning 25051 / Service Account is not secure in its current configuration

This can be used for to Secure the following accounts FIM Synchronization Service / MIM...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 08/28/2015

Installing the Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Service and Portal (With SSPR) - Clean Install

As you may be aware, the new version of identity – Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 – has been...

Author: ktackett Date: 08/26/2015

Installing the Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Synchronization Service - Clean Install

As you may be aware, the new version of identity – Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 – has been...

Author: ktackett Date: 08/26/2015

Installation of the Privileged Access Management (PAM) feature

Consideration before you install this feature Have you Already Installed MIM 2016 ? Was it a Clean...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 08/25/2015

Managing ActiveSync and OWA Natively in FIM

So here’s a little bit of additional functionality you can bring into your FIM with a little bit of...

Author: ktackett Date: 08/18/2015

Updating the FIMMA to include Custom Attributes in the FIM Portal.

You may find yourself creating new Custom Attributes or even a custom Resource in the FIM Portal. If...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 08/09/2015

Backing up the Synchronization Service Encryption Key

After you install FIM (Forefront Identity Manager) or MIM (Microsoft Identity Manager) one of the...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 08/07/2015

Performing an In-Place Upgrade of FIM 2010 R2 to Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 - Service and Portal

Due to this being the First release of Microsoft Identity Manager i specifically wrote this with the...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 08/05/2015

Performing an In-Place Upgrade of FIM 2010 R2 to Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 - Synchronization Service

Due to this being the First release of Microsoft Identity Manager i specifically wrote this with the...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 08/05/2015

Introduction to Troubleshooting

Working on a new section of the Blog Dedicated to Troubleshooting. Please feel free to explore this...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 07/31/2015

Understanding Workflows

Introduction to Workflows Workflows within the FIM Portal are used in combination with Sync rules to...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 06/19/2015

Understanding the MPR Explorer

Explore Management Policy Rules The MPR Explorer is a feature in the FIM Portal that provides a...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 06/01/2015

Quickly and Easily Managing FIM Portal Administrators

With this post, I’d like to address the issue of FIM portal administrators. Too often, I see one of...

Author: ktackett Date: 05/26/2015

Understanding userAccountControl management with FIM.

Before we begin lets look at the Attribute userAccountControl in Active Directory. You may also be...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 05/22/2015

Configuring the FIM Management Agent

Configuring the FIM Management Agent Before we can manipulate users and/or groups with the FIM...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 05/21/2015

Creating and Binding Custom Portal Attributes

Today I'd like to discuss something that comes up with pretty much all FIM deployments: custom...

Author: ktackett Date: 05/12/2015

Portal Customization - Creating Search Scopes

Following up with the Previous Post "Portal Customization - Understanding Search Scopes" We will now...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 04/18/2015

Portal Customization - Understanding Search Scopes

Lets not reinvent the wheel and for a basic introduction of what Search scopes are I would reference...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 04/17/2015

Deprovisioning In-Depth: Part 3 - Deletions

This is the third and final post in my series on deprovisioning. In case you missed them, check out...

Author: ktackett Date: 04/16/2015

Deprovisioning In-Depth: Part 2 - Explicit Disconnectors

This is Part 2 of the series on deprovisioning. Having covered regular disconnectors here, I’d...

Author: ktackett Date: 04/15/2015

Deprovisioning In-Depth: Part 1 - Disconnectors

I’m going to say some words now that may be frightening to you, so consider yourself warned:...

Author: ktackett Date: 04/14/2015

the Joiner Tool (aka, the scary button on the end)

I’d like to discuss something that has saved (and ruined) the day for many; something that is...

Author: ktackett Date: 04/13/2015

Portal Customization - Updating Attributes for All Users Search (Column Headers)

You may need to update the attributes that are displayed for all users when searching for a user...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 04/10/2015

Changing A Value Used By Join Logic

Today I’d like to take a few moments and discuss something that I think is a common misconception...

Author: ktackett Date: 03/23/2015

Understanding User Management - Inbound User Synchronization

Building on the concepts that we have previously discussed for Synchronization Rules Introducing...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 03/01/2015

Understanding Group Management - Outbound Group Synchronization

This is the next post in a series of postings for Group Management. it may be helpful to read the...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 02/07/2015

Understanding Group Management - Inbound Group Synchronization

Please be sure to read the first part of the series Understanding Group Management - Intro to Group...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 01/26/2015

Changing the look of FIM SSPR portals: an example style sheet for password reset portal

Introduction: Chrome, shadows, and gradients are relics of the early 2000s. "Flat" design has made...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 01/23/2015

RCDC - Session 4 - Dynamic RCDC

Let’s first discuss the Idea of Dynamic RCDC and its limitations with the Default FIM Portal. What...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 01/08/2015

Understanding the FIM Service Management Agent (FIM MA)

The FIM MA is just another Management Agent The FIM Service Management Agent (FIM MA) is a...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 12/30/2014

Introducing Synchronization Rules - Part 2

Continued from Introducing Synchronization Rules - Part 1 How Synchronization Rules manage data...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 12/29/2014

Unable to create new inbound or outbound SR flow rules

Symptom Unable to create new flow rules for either inbound or outbound SR in FIM portal. This...

Author: Glenn Zuckerman Date: 12/26/2014

Introducing Synchronization Rules - Part 1

Prior to FIM 2010, which introduced the concept of “Codeless Provisioning” (Using Sync...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 12/24/2014

Resource Management - Configure Synchronization Service to manage New Resource.

Now that you have created a new resource possibly with the assistance of the post Schema Management...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 12/19/2014

Schema Management - Creating a New Resource

Recommended Understanding: Basic Schema Management Creating a New Attribute - Schema Management -...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 12/12/2014

RCDC - Session 3 - Adding a Dropdown selection to an attribute in the RCDC and Regular Expression Control

Previously in the post RCDC - Session 2 - Adding a new Attribute to an Existing TAB We added the...

Author: Anthony Marsiglia Date: 12/11/2014

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