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MIIS/ILM Error: System.BadImageFormatException

So I had MIIS 2003 SP 1 reporting to me that the format of my GalSync-Extension.dll is invalid. So I tried recompiling it – no luck. Same error. The only MSDN article on this indicated that unmanaged code is being passed to the load method. Through trial and error we found the solution: stop and start the MicrosoftIdentityIntegrationService. If that doesn’t work try a reboot. http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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I just got pranked by Laura Hunter

Laura Hunter is perpetuating a prank that according to Wikipedia has reached such mainstream acceptance that Youtube pranked all of its visitors on April 1st of this year. Only Laura has pulled off this prank with such utter geekiness! You’ll probably need help to solve this one. Try this link Good one Laura! No spoilers just some hints and links that may spoil it! http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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SQL 2008: Processor or Server/CAL

Congrats to the SQL Server team for shipping 2008. It looks like a great product. Congrats as well for keeping the licensing costs the same and adding a new option with the web edition. One question that many still have in mind is how to license SQL server. Processor licensing allows unlimited users and devices, whereas a server license allows unlimited users or devices as long as they have a CAL.

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IDM in pop culture

Some days I am amazed at how deeply the identity management concepts have penetrated into popular culture: “Mr Big Stuff, who do you think you are?” clearly relates to an authentication issue or authorization issue. “Won’t get fooled again” by the WHO is clearly making a reference to a Certificate Revocation List, now that I have revoked your certificate you won’t be authenticated again. One area where pop culture is still shockingly uninformed still need help is in asset protection.

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Love One Note -- hate KB's with unintended consequences

I posted this on a newsgroup and a Powerpoint MVP … David Lundell - Aug 6, 2008I posted this on a newsgroup and a Powerpoint MVP saved the day. Apparently, Powerpoint relies on the default printer driver to render the text. Since the KB article directed me to make the One Note Printer I created by hand the default print driver I wound up with scrunched text. Once I have his permission I will thank him by name

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Love One Note -- hate KB's with unintended consequences

I love One Note. Especially on a tablet PC. I can take notes either by typing or writing on the screen, I can sign contracts it is great. We recently purchased a home. My real estate agent would send me documents, I would print to One Note and then sign them, print to PDF using Primo PDF and send them back. It was great until Print to One Note stopped working.

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Pending Exports Report in ILM

Hopefully this topic will stir up some excitement among those wondering how to query objects in the connector space. The technique I am about to explicate for you works for both exports and imports. As many of you aware, my colleague and fellow ILM MVP Brad Turner created the community reporting pack for MIIS/ILM some time ago. This is a package of reports written in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).

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Scripting / SysAdmin Survey

In repsonse to the “tagging” of my friend Laura Hunter I now respond with the answers to these deep mysteries. But first “tagging”? Is this equivalent to the gang tagging? I hope not! **How old were you when you started using computers? **I was 4 or 5 when … What was your first machine? My Dad brought home an Atari 800 computer – not the game console all though we did have games they just weren’t as cool as the ones on the game console.

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I like my passwords Plain --in plaintext that is

Bug in ILM2 Beta 3 – go vote on MSConnect to register your taste! Look for Bug ID 354953 Do you like your passwords plain or with encrypted butter? As for me and my house we will choose the encrypted butter! I mean passwords. ILM 2 codeless provisioning looks great! You can add complex rules without code and then you can even see these rules as they get synchronized into the ILM synch engine (what we know and love from the MIIS 2003 and ILM 2007 days).

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Tech Ed -- Lotsa Buzz ILM 2 and CLM

On Tuesday Bob Muglia made a big announcement – ILM 2 Beta 3 has been released. While the beta install is only 64 bit on Microsoft Connect you can download the 32-bit Virtual PC. At the ILM 2 booth at Tech Ed the Microsoft ILM Product Group and I were handing them out like crazy. Thanks to Nima for inviting me to participate at the booth. Best session I went was by Candy Stark from MS IT.

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