FIM 2010 R2

Secrets of the Metaverse Part 2

Parts 1-5:

1. What is the Metaverse?
2. How is the Metaverse data stored?
3. Is there a limit to how many Metaverse attributes I can have?
4. Has access to the metaverse gotten faster with recent releases?
5. How do I safely query the metaverse?
6. Added (Aug 5 2015): How Many Metaverse Attributes can I have?

Where and how is the Metaverse data stored?

Before I get into that I must caution you that modifying data directly will put you in a position that is unsupported by Microsoft. Even querying the data is something of a touchy issue (see Part 5).

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Secrets of the Metaverse Part 1

Great explanation. This really came in handy for t…

Unknown - Jul 2, 2013

Great explanation. This really came in handy for troubleshooting.

I am so glad it was of use

I am using MV extension to create users in AD from FIM.
Need to flow password to AD which is any Random number say “$random123”
This attribute flows to AD but can be viewed in account preview etc or the attribute value can be seen. How can we flow the password value so that it can not be viewed in metaverse etc by any one like ********** ?

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Secrets of the Metaverse Part 1

Many FIMsters wonder about the Metaverse and how works, how the data is stored. In this series I will reveal the secrets of the Metaverse. Parts 1-5 (links live but post yet to come)

1. What is the Metaverse?
2. How is the Metaverse data stored?
3. Is there a limit to how many Metaverse attributes I can have?
4. Has access to the metaverse gotten faster with recent releases?
5. How do I safely query the metaverse?
6. Added (Aug 5 2015): How Many Metaverse Attributes can I have?

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 SP1 (and its predecessors) can be classified as a MetaDirectory based Identity Management Solution. A MetaDirectory collects, aggregates, and stores data from various directories and data sources, such as Active Directory and your HR database.
The Metaverse is the heart of FIM’s MetaDirectory. As an implementer of FIM you customize the data model, you decide what object types and attributes you need.

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Updated Vote: Top 5 Deprecated Features of FIM 2010 R2 SP1

Here is an update on the impact of the newly deprecated features: The big change is that XMA has caught up to Multi-Mastery and is tied for first.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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Massive FIM and AD LDS project at DPDHL

Watch the presentation that James Booth (who worked with us on the project) and Joe Gasowski (DPDHL) gave at the Redmond Identity Summit 2013 about our project at DHL to replace the DPDHL Sun One Directory and deploy FIM to replace both CriticalPath and a home-grown admin portal.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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Voted: Top 5 Deprecated Features of FIM 2010 R2 SP1

Looks like ECMA1 deprecation has caught up to the …

Ross - Feb 4, 2013

Looks like ECMA1 deprecation has caught up to the equal precedence issue since you posted this.

I think I’ll start offering some ECMA1->ECMA2 upgrade services. I suppose not everybody has an xMA developer in their back pocket!

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Voted: Top 5 Deprecated Features of FIM 2010 R2 SP1

I conducted a linkedIn poll to find out what others thought of the features that are deprecated starting in FIM 2010 R2 SP1. For the poll I only listed the ones I put in my top 5 list. With 15 votes and 1 abstention I thought it would be worthwhile to publish the results:

Here we can see the winner:

1. Multi-mastery/equal precedence (I had this 2nd)

2. ECMA1 (XMA) (I had this third)

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The rest of the FIM 2010 R2 SP1 Deprecations

Remember that these features are still here but will be removed in a future version (probably the next major release or the one after)

Feature

Impact

Unselect “allow nulls” for exported values

You need to be more careful to ensure that you aren’t deleting values

Web Service configuration interface

You will no longer be able to send a request to the web service to update the mv-data or ma-data objects in order to configure the sync engine. The article says that we will be able to use PowerShell to configure the sync engine.

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Top 5 Deprecated features as of FIM 2010 R2 SP1

I have heard that investments in FIM CM are contin…

David Lundell - Jan 2, 2013

I have heard that investments in FIM CM are continuing. So don’t worry about FIM CM disappearing.

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Top 5 Deprecated features as of FIM 2010 R2 SP1

Yesterday Microsoft published a list of features that have been deprecated in FIM and will be removed from the product at some point in the future. In other words these don’t require immediate action but when the next major release of * Identity Manager (* because we don’t know what the new name will be – see my tweet from last week at the Redmond Identity Summit) emerges those features will likely be gone. So over the next 18-36 months you need to begin working away from these issues.

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