Unfortunately, my Independence day is not free – I am working. Just so happens I need to report on when computer objects are getting migrated to a new AD forest. Day 1 4 Day 2 30 Day 3 25 etc. Now I could have taken the data and imported it into SQL and then busted out some awesome queries in no time flat. But my buddy Craig Martin, keeps insisting how awesome this PowerShell stuff is.
Today I received notification that for the 8th time (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) I have been honored by Microsoft as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). According to the MVP web site there are currently 10 Identity Management MVP’s in the world, and only three in North America. Looking forward to the on-going journey with this product set and wonderful friends I have made along the way, product group members (past and present), MVP’s (past and present), readers (book, blog, twitter) and other Identity Management professionals.
Good analogy - I might try that one next time. I&#… Carol Wapshere - Jul 4, 2014Good analogy - I might try that one next time. I’ve had a stressful few weeks with a barrage of last-minute solution changes along with demands for documentation inclusive of the changes… A couple of times I’ve had to say “which do you want right now? The changes or the documentation? Because I can only do one thing at a time!
Is it done yet? What’s the status? How much longer? If I get asked these questions too often on a project I take a moment to explain about Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. Which states states that you can’t know both the position and velocity of an electron because in measuring the one you alter the other. The old saying goes “a watched pot never boils,” especially if you keep sticking a new thermometer into a heating pot of water every two seconds.
In some environments, like government, having that… REALHIPHOPINYOURLIFE - May 5, 2014In some environments, like government, having that local SQL means a whole different security profile…a lot of security groups aren’t going to make a distinction between that local SQL and Full Blown SQL when they scan the system since they use some of the same binaries. Good comment. So in those environments that could be an extra reason to farm to avoid local SQL and the extra security
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take Farms against a sea of patches and by opposing end them? To, die, to sleep – Today I will be “moderating” the debate about using SharePoint Farms vs. Stand-Alone as the foundation for the FIM Portal. In this corner we have Paul Williams of Microsoft sharing knowledge from his hard fought victories with FIM and painful experiences with Farms.
Last week the Product group announced the new name for FIM and MIM’s the word Microsoft Identity Manager. Of course as a good futurist I had made enough guesses that I got this one right, even though as an honest man I must admit I also had it wrong – Azure is not part of the name. Fortunately, they didn’t go with APE nor AILMENT, nor MIME, nor MIAMI, nor MICE, nor MAIM, nor WIMP.
Recently, a reader reached out to me for advice on learning FIM, SQL and IIS. As well as guidance on setting up a lab (more advice on that part in a later post). First think for a moment about your best learning styles for technology. Do you need to read the concepts and architecture first and then do it? Do you need to watch a video and then read, and then do it?
Actually it’s MIM (Microsoft Identity Manager)… Oliver Hanappi - Apr 3, 2014Actually it’s MIM (Microsoft Identity Manager). See http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2014/04/23/forefront-identity-manager-vnext-roadmap-now-microsoft-identity-manager.aspx Like any good futurist I guessed so many things that one of them was bound to be right http://blog.ilmbestpractices.com/2013/07/the-mvp-7-year-itch.html?m=1
Did you know that if you subscribe to Azure AD Premium you also get licenses for FIM? Well if that isn’t a hand tipper I don’t know what is. I think we can safely assume the next version of FIM will have Azure in the name. Safe or not I am going speculate that it will. Azure Identity Manager (AIM) – I would be ok with this Azure Role Based Access Manager (ARBAM) – Explosive sounding name
