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