Reporting on SailPoint IdentityNow Identities using the ‘Search’ (Beta) API and PowerShell

10th of September, 2018 / / No Comments 
Update: Oct 2019. Searching Identities can be easily performed using the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module.

Introduction

SailPoint recently made available in BETA their new Search functionality. There’s some great documentation around using the Search functions through the IdentityNow Portal on Compass^. Specifically;

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Each of those articles are great, but they are centered around performing the search via the Portal. … [Keep reading] “Reporting on SailPoint IdentityNow Identities using the ‘Search’ (Beta) API and PowerShell”

Reporting on SailPoint IdentityNow Identities using the ‘Search’ (Beta) API and PowerShell

10th of September, 2018 / / No Comments

Introduction

SailPoint recently made available in BETA their new Search functionality. There’s some great documentation around using the Search functions through the IdentityNow Portal on Compass^. Specifically;

^ Compass Access Required

Each of those articles are great, but they are centered around performing the search via the Portal.  For some of my needs, I need to do it via the API and that’s what I’ll cover in this post.… [Keep reading] “Reporting on SailPoint IdentityNow Identities using the ‘Search’ (Beta) API and PowerShell”

A Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager

2nd of August, 2018 / / No Comments

This is the third and final post in my series around using your voice to query/search Microsoft Identity Manager or as I’m now calling it, the Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager.
The two previous posts in this series detail some of my steps and processes in developing and fleshing out this concept. The first post detailed the majority of the base functionality whilst the second post detailed the auditing and reporting aspects into Table Storage and Power BI.… [Keep reading] “A Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager”

Using your Voice to Search Microsoft Identity Manager – Part 2

5th of July, 2018 / / No Comments

Introduction

Last month I wrote this post that detailed using your voice to search/query Microsoft Identity Manager. That post demonstrated a working solution (GitHub repository coming next month) but was still incomplete if it was to be used in production within an Enterprise. I hinted then that there were additional enhancements I was looking to make. One is an Auditing/Reporting aspect and that is what I cover in this post.

Overview

The one element of the solution that has visibility of each search scenario is the IoT Device.… [Keep reading] “Using your Voice to Search Microsoft Identity Manager – Part 2”

Using your Voice to Search Microsoft Identity Manager – Part 1

25th of June, 2018 / / No Comments

Introduction

Yes, you’ve read the title correctly. Speaking to Microsoft Identity Manager. The concept behind this was born off the back of some other work I was doing with Microsoft Cognitive Services. I figured it shouldn’t be that difficult if I just break down the concept into individual elements of functionality and put together a proof of concept to validate the idea. That’s what I did and this is the first post of the solution as an overview.… [Keep reading] “Using your Voice to Search Microsoft Identity Manager – Part 1”

Sending Events from IoT Devices to Azure IoT Hub using HTTPS and REST

22nd of June, 2018 / / No Comments

Overview

Different IoT Devices have different capabilities. Whether it is a Micro-controller or Single Board Computer your options will vary. In this post I detailed using MQTT to send messages from an IoT Device to an Azure IoT Hub as well as using the AzureIoT PowerShell Module.
For a current project I needed to send the events from an IoT Device that runs Linux and had Python support. The Azure IoT Hub includes an HTTPS REST endpoint.… [Keep reading] “Sending Events from IoT Devices to Azure IoT Hub using HTTPS and REST”

Implementing Azure API Management with the Lithnet Microsoft Identity Manager Rest API

30th of May, 2018 / / No Comments

Introduction

Earlier this week I wrote this post that detailed implementing the Lithnet REST API for FIM/MIM Service. I also detailed using PowerShell to interact with the API Endpoint.
Now lets imagine you are looking to have a number of Azure Serverless features leverage your Rest API enabled Microsoft Identity Manager environment. Or even offer it “as-a-Service”. You’ll want to have some visibility as to how it is performing, and you’ll probably want to implement features such as caching and rate limiting let alone putting more security controls around it.… [Keep reading] “Implementing Azure API Management with the Lithnet Microsoft Identity Manager Rest API”

Getting started with the Lithnet REST API for the Microsoft Identity Manager Service

29th of May, 2018 / / No Comments

Introduction

A common theme with my posts on Microsoft Identity is the extensibility of it particularly with the Lithnet tools that Ryan has released.
One such tool that I’ve used but never written about is the Lithnet REST API for the Microsoft Identity Manger Service. For a small proof of concept I’m working on I was again using this REST API and I needed to update it as Ryan has recently added some new functionality. I realised I hadn’t set it up in a while and while Ryan’s documentation is very good it was written some time ago when IIS Manager looked a little different.… [Keep reading] “Getting started with the Lithnet REST API for the Microsoft Identity Manager Service”

How to use a Powershell Azure Function to Tweet IoT environment data

29th of November, 2016 / / No Comments

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Overview

This blog post details how to use a Powershell Azure Function App to get information from a RestAPI and send a social media update.
The data can come from anywhere, and in the case of this example I’m getting the data from WioLink IoT Sensors. This builds upon my previous post here that details using Powershell to get environmental information and put it in Power BI.  Essentially the difference in this post is outputting the manipulated data to social media (Twitter) whilst still using a TimerTrigger Powershell Azure Function App to perform the work and leverage the “serverless” Azure Functions model.… [Keep reading] “How to use a Powershell Azure Function to Tweet IoT environment data”

How to use a Powershell Azure Function App to get RestAPI IoT data into Power BI for Visualization

29th of November, 2016 / / No Comments

Overview

This blog post details using a Powershell Azure Function App to get IoT data from a RestAPI and update a table in Power BI with that data for visualization.
The data can come from anywhere, however in the case of this post I’m getting the data from WioLink IoT Sensors. This builds upon my previous post here that details using Powershell to get environmental information and put it in Power BI.  Essentially the major change is to use a TimerTrigger Azure Function to perform the work and leverage the “serverless” Azure Functions model.… [Keep reading] “How to use a Powershell Azure Function App to get RestAPI IoT data into Power BI for Visualization”