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FIM exam 70-158 is now live oh and I passed

Exam 70-158: TS: Forefront Identity Manager 2010, Configuring is now live according to the MSL web site. I also received an email indicating that I passed the beta. http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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What the %_ is the deal with wildcards in FIM Queries in the latest hotfix?

Ok I am not actually swearing, nor are those substitute words, rather % and _ are two characters that until hotfix rollup package (build 4.0.3594.2) could be used to perform some much needed and cool searches for sets, search scopes, groups and 3rd party client queries against FIM. Such as querying for the presence of string attributes. I am sure what happened is that someone created a resource with an underscore in the name and then couldn’t search for it.

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What the %_ is the deal with wildcards in FIM Queries in the latest hotfix?-Comments

David - just came across your post. Others readin… Anonymous - Jan 1, 2012David - just came across your post. Others reading it now may wish to follow this thread on the FIM Forum where the issue continues to be discussed at length. Cheers Bob http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ilm2/thread/ec15b1d0-3f4c-42fd-a833-3983330be963 10 years on David and your post came in handy just now - learned something new about the [_] thing in xpath statements :) - kudos - just the ticket!

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FIM 2010 hotfix available (4.0.3594.2)

Microsoft has released a new hotfix (kb 2520954) at the end of October with some key fixes in it as well as one item that I will blog about next that prevents me from loading this on most implementations, until it is addressed. Highlights Component Official Description Comments Workflow Engine (FIM Service) Assume that you perform an operation that accesses the SQL database when the Microsoft SQL Server connection pooling feature is enabled in the FIM server.

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Awesome FIM Case Study

Is FIM 21010 a much more advanced version of the F… Craig Martin - Nov 3, 2011Is FIM 21010 a much more advanced version of the FIM we know today?

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Awesome FIM Case Study

Microsoft recently published a case study about our work (Ensynch – now Insight) at Grand Canyon University, implementing a FIM 2010 based identity management solution. The document is available for download directly from http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Forefront-Identity-Manager-2010/Grand-Canyon-University/Private-University-Reduces-Identity-Management-Workload-by-320-Hours-per-Month/4000011192 http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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Get 15% off of FIM Best Practices Volume 1

Through Sept 26th get 15% of FIM Best Practices Volume 1 at lulu.com Use the following code at checkout OKTOBERFEST305 http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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Get 20% of FIM Best Practices Volume 1

Buy FIM Best Practices Volume 1 in Soft Cover or E-Book Enter coupon code SEPTEMBER305 at checkout and receive 20% off your order. The maximum savings for this offer is $100. Offer expires on September 9 at 11:59 PM http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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Using FIM Best Practices Volume 1 to study for the FIM exam

Took the exam last week, the book was a very helpf… Anonymous - Aug 3, 2011Took the exam last week, the book was a very helpful study tool. Phil

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Using FIM Best Practices Volume 1 to study for the FIM exam

Ok so info on the exam and its list of items covered is provided here For fun I thought I would map out the domain objectives to items in the FIM Best Practices Volume 1 The book helps with items in area 1 Planning a FIM Implementation and Installing FIM. Objective Chapter 1. Planning a FIM Implementation and Installing FIM  1.1 Plan and design FIM topology 4 and 5

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