Scripting queries for Lithnet Get-MVObject searches into the Microsoft Identity Manager Metaverse

10th of May, 2017 / / No Comments

It probably seems obvious by now, but I seem to live in PowerShell and Microsoft Identity Manager. I’m forever looking into the Microsoft Identity Manager Metaverse for objects.
However, sometimes I get tripped up by the differences in Object Classes between the FIM/MIM Service and the Metaverse, the names of the Object Classes (obviously not Person, Group and Contact) and in situations where they are case-sensitive.  If you’re using the Sync Service Manager Metaverse Search function though you get a pick list.… [Keep reading] “Scripting queries for Lithnet Get-MVObject searches into the Microsoft Identity Manager Metaverse”

Scripting the generation & creation of Microsoft Identity Manager Sets/Workflows/Sync & Management Policy Rules with the Lithnet Resource Management PowerShell Module

26th of April, 2017 / / 2 Comments

Introduction

Yes, that title is quite a mouthful. And this post is going to be quite long. But worth the read if you are having to create a number of rules in Microsoft/Forefront Identity Manager, or even more so the same rule in multiple environments (eg. Dev, Staging, Production).
My colleague David Minnelli introduced using the Lithnet RMA PowerShell Module and the Import-RMConfig cmdlet recently for bulk creation of MIM Sets and MPR’s. David has a lot of the background on Import-RMConfig and getting started with it.… [Keep reading] “Scripting the generation & creation of Microsoft Identity Manager Sets/Workflows/Sync & Management Policy Rules with the Lithnet Resource Management PowerShell Module”

Bulk create and update related configuration objects in FIM/MIM using the Lithnet Import-RMConfig cmdlet

12th of April, 2017 / / 3 Comments

Working on a FIM implementation for a customer, I needed to bulk create and update a number of related Sets and MPRs which granted permissions to users. I could have performed this task a number of ways:

  • Manually create and update all objects
  • Scripted in PowerShell using FIM Automation
  • Scripted using the Lithnet FIM/MIM Service PowerShell Module

I’ve been successfully using the Lithnet FIM/MIM Service PowerShell Module in a number of scripts to query and bulk create objects in the FIM Service which has greatly improved the quality and simplicity of my PowerShell scripts compared to using the FIM Automation module.… [Keep reading] “Bulk create and update related configuration objects in FIM/MIM using the Lithnet Import-RMConfig cmdlet”

A workaround for the Microsoft Identity Manager limitation of not allowing simultaneous Management Agents running Synchronisation Profiles

9th of March, 2017 / / No Comments

Why ?

For those of you that may have missed it, in early 2016 Microsoft released a hotfix for Microsoft Identity Manager that included a change that removed the ability for multiple management agents on a Microsoft Identity Manager Synchronization Server to simultaneously run synchronization run profiles. I detailed the error you get in this blog post.
At the time it didn’t hurt me too much as I didn’t require any other fixes that were incorporated into that hotfix (and the subsequent hotfix).… [Keep reading] “A workaround for the Microsoft Identity Manager limitation of not allowing simultaneous Management Agents running Synchronisation Profiles”

Simple reporting from the FIM/MIM Metaverse to PowerBI using the Lithnet FIM/MIM Sync Service PowerShell Module

28th of July, 2016 / / 9 Comments

I have a customer that is looking to report on FIM/MIM identity information. The reports they are looking for aren’t overly complex and don’t necessarily justify the need the full FIM/MIM reporting infrastructure. So I spent a few hours over a couple of days looking at alternatives. In this blog post I give an overview of using the awesome Lithnet FIM/MIM Sync Service PowerShell Module recently released from Ryan Newington to do basic reporting on the Microsoft (Forefront) Identity Manager Metaverse into PowerBI.… [Keep reading] “Simple reporting from the FIM/MIM Metaverse to PowerBI using the Lithnet FIM/MIM Sync Service PowerShell Module”