Identity Management Extensibility
This blog covers extensibility points in ILM "2" such as the web service interface.
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Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Management Pack is on Connect
This post is to help people discover the FIM MP via search engines. The Forefront Identity Manager...
Date: 07/01/2010
CodePlex project for community client
Paolo started a codeplex project to continue development of the unsupported client. Paolo fixed a...
Date: 04/09/2010
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 has Shipped!
It's been a long and fruitful road, but now we're pleased to announce that FIM is available for...
Date: 03/02/2010
Excellent description of RCDCs
Please see David's excellent guide to using RCDCs:...
Date: 12/09/2009
Using PowerShell to automate tasks in FIM
Markus has put together a great set of example PowerShell scripts which automate many tasks in FIM....
Date: 11/11/2009
Another great tweak from Paolo
Check out another useful tweak from Paolo with the unsupported web service client. Paolo adds...
Date: 11/10/2009
Shout out to Paolo for tweaking the unsupported client
Paolo at Cern has been using the unsupported client and contributing back to the community with bug...
Date: 10/20/2009
The IDA Guys and RC1 unsupported client
Many thanks to The IDA Guys for getting together an unsupported client for RC1. We in the product...
Date: 10/05/2009
A new face in the Identity Management blog community
A colleague on the product team recently joined the ranks of bloggers in the Identity Management...
Date: 10/02/2009
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 RC1 is released!
Check out the exciting announcement: MSFT Identity and Access news- Forefront Identity Manager RC1...
Date: 09/30/2009
Discovered a new blog in the community: Identity Management Crisis
Interesting topics from a new entry in the identity management blogging community:...
Date: 09/24/2009
Reminder: The IDA Guys Blog
This is a friendly reminder that The IDA Guys have some great content to check out. For...
Date: 09/17/2009
Reminder: “Forum Greatest Hits”
A recent conversation with a customer reminded me about Markus and Ahmad’s “Greatest Hits” on the...
Date: 09/02/2009
No change in status to report
This post is a reminder that we have no change in status to report with respect to dates, etc. ...
Date: 08/27/2009
FIM Query Tool
I was catching up with my blog roll and saw that Joe Zamora at Ensynch put together a nifty little...
Date: 08/24/2009
Office Protocol Docs Published
As a small part of the the announcement about Office 2010 Technical Preview, Microsoft published the...
Date: 07/15/2009
FIM 2010 Wallpapers
I’ve been meaning to post some of Richard’s excellent desktop wallpapers for Forefront Identity...
Date: 07/10/2009
IDA Guys Blog
I am catching up on my blog roll, and I would like to shout out to a relatively new blog in the IDA...
Date: 06/10/2009
Creating a Named Group and adding Persons as members
Leading announcement: I appreciate the feedback I’ve gotten from some of you about the API of the...
Date: 05/11/2009
This morning’s post delayed until Monday
Preparing for TechEd has eaten up cycles to proof today’s post. I should have the cycles on...
Date: 05/07/2009
What can I do with the web service interface?
I got a very good question today from a TAP customer last week which I hope is generally...
Date: 05/06/2009
Product Team Attendance at TechEd 2009
Members from the product team will attend the TechEd 2009 conference next week in Los Angeles. ...
Date: 05/05/2009
How to Search for Existing Groups
In this week’s post we look at the three most common queries to search for existing groups: getting...
Date: 04/30/2009
Prototype V2: Overview of the new API
In this post we’ll discuss the new Prototype Public Resource Management client. I uploaded the...
Date: 04/23/2009
Agenda for Remainder of Q2 CY2009
As promised, this week I introduce the new prototype of the Public Resource Management Client and...
Date: 04/23/2009
Reference for writing PowerShell Get-Help docs
I recently was writing help documentation for PowerShell cmdlets and came across a very helpful blog...
Date: 04/22/2009
Great list of resources for FIM
Ahmad pointed me to Peter Geelen’s comprehensive list of resources for ILM “2” RC0. It’s worth...
Date: 04/20/2009
Identity Lifecycle Manager “2” is now Forefront Identity Manager 2010
As you may have seen in other announcements or in various unintentional hints the product previously...
Date: 04/16/2009
Product Team Attendance at RSA 2009
Members from the product team will attend the RSA Conference 2009 next week in San Francisco. ...
Date: 04/15/2009
Short Status of the Identity Management Team
I apologize for not publishing the Q2 agenda last week. I am blocked on an upcoming marketing...
Date: 04/07/2009
Recommended Reading about TEC: Pam’s Reflection
Mark Wahl passed on to me a reflection from a TEC 2009 attendee:...
Date: 03/27/2009
Reason for Deviation of Agenda in March in Q1
I want to apologize for the deviation from schedule in the month of March. I have not covered...
Date: 03/26/2009
New Announced Schedule for ILM “2”
Here is the public announcement of the new schedule:...
Date: 03/25/2009
MSIT Self-Hosting of ILM “2”
I got a few questions over the weekend about this, and I would like to clarify the nature and scope...
Date: 03/23/2009
ILM Presence at TEC 2009 Las Vegas
There will be 26 sessions in the ILM tracks at TEC 2009 in Las Vegas next week. The product...
Date: 03/19/2009
We require MS-WSTIM extensions for WS-Transfer Put
We just committed a change to ILM “2” which removes functionality from the web service. ...
Date: 02/16/2009
Create a set programmatically
In answering a recent question, I provided an example of how to create a set programmatically. ...
Date: 02/12/2009
XPath Examples
In his second post, Nima provides useful and “advanced” examples of XPath queries in ILM:...
Date: 02/12/2009
Nima posts about XPath
My good friend Nima posted a fantastic guide about the fundamentals of XPath in ILM “2”:...
Date: 02/09/2009
TechReady 8 this week
Some in the product team will attend TechReady 8 this week in Seattle. If you also are...
Date: 02/02/2009
Shout out to Ensynch
I just finished reading a whitepaper by Brad Turner, David Lundell, Joe Zamora, Andi Quijada at...
Date: 01/29/2009
Selecting attributes to return in an enumeration
In this post I show how to select specific attributes to return during an enumeration. The...
Date: 01/29/2009
Getting and updating objects in a particular locale
In the previous post I mentioned I would cover selecting attributes in an enumeration this...
Date: 01/29/2009
Changes in web services from RC to RTM
I will post tomorrow the originally scheduled topic of selecting attributes in an enumeration. ...
Date: 01/22/2009
Customizing email templates
One of my personal favorite features in ILM “2” is that you can customize the outgoing email...
Date: 01/15/2009
A New Year, A New Itinerary: Intro to Blog Q1 CY2009
Welcome back from the winter hiatus. I hope that you had a relaxing winter holiday...
Date: 01/08/2009
Sample scenario: Add and remove members in a group
In our last post we created a new group. Now we’ll doing something truly exciting: We’ll add...
Date: 12/19/2008
Sample scenario: Create a new group
Today we are going to create a new group using web services. To create a new group, like...
Date: 12/19/2008
Call for topics!
Well, we are coming to the end of the first itinerary through ILM “2” extensibility. Keeping...
Date: 12/15/2008
Sample scenario: Get ILM schema
In our last post we saw how to use the enumeration endpoint to search for particular objects. ...
Date: 12/15/2008