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FIM Functions Updated, Bitwise Functions

In addition to the official reference for functions I thought I would update my examples from back in the ILM 2 Beta days Function Name BitAnd Parameters mask Type: Integer flag Type: Integer Description BitAnd is a bitwise operation anding mask and flag. So if Flag is the UserAccountControl Attribute in AD and mask is **-3 **(the 64-bit two’s complement of 2) Then the result is that the disable bit (bit 2) is turned off leaving all of the other bits unchanged.

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Insight Cloud SSO Solution and FIM Jumpstart offerings

I wrote an article for the Insight Newsletter about two of our new offerings. Solving identity and access management for mid-sized business By David Lundell, Sr. Manager, Identity and Security Practice User productivity, IT budgets, and security and compliance all suffer from ineffective identity and access management. Insight has two new packages aimed at helping mid-sized businesses confront these challenges in the age of the cloud. Read more. http://feeds.feedburner.com/IdentityLifecycleManagerilmBestPractices

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Secrets of the Metaverse Part 5

Parts 1-5: What is the Metaverse? How is the Metaverse data stored? Is there a limit to how many Metaverse attributes I can have? Has access to the metaverse gotten faster with recent releases? How do I safely query the metaverse? Added (Aug 5 2015): How Many Metaverse Attributes can I have? First of all the FIM Product group does not support direct modification of the data in any of the FIM databases.

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Secrets of the Metaverse Part 4

Parts 1-5: What is the Metaverse? How is the Metaverse data stored? Is there a limit to how many Metaverse attributes I can have? Has access to the metaverse gotten faster with recent releases? How do I safely query the metaverse? Added (Aug 5 2015): How Many Metaverse Attributes can I have? Has access to the metaverse gotten faster with recent releases? Well I won’t cover everything they have done but two really significant things:

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Secrets of the Metaverse Part 3

Parts 1-5: What is the Metaverse? How is the Metaverse data stored? Is there a limit to how many Metaverse attributes I can have? Has access to the metaverse gotten faster with recent releases? How do I safely query the metaverse? Added (Aug 5 2015): How Many Metaverse Attributes can I have? Many times people wonder how many attributes they can create in the Metaverse Designer tool. The answer is confusing because … it depends.

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Secrets of the Metaverse Part 2

Parts 1-5: What is the Metaverse? How is the Metaverse data stored? Is there a limit to how many Metaverse attributes I can have? Has access to the metaverse gotten faster with recent releases? How do I safely query the metaverse? 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.

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Secrets of the Metaverse Part 1

Great explanation. This really came in handy for t… Unknown - Jul 2, 2013Great 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.

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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) What is the Metaverse? How is the Metaverse data stored? Is there a limit to how many Metaverse attributes I can have? Has access to the metaverse gotten faster with recent releases? How do I safely query the metaverse?

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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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