Tag Archives: FIM 2010

Editing the FIM Portal web.config in a farm topology

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Hit an interesting issue this week.  One of the projects I’m working on was patching pre-production with 4.1.3419.0 and at the end of the process two of the four portals were down.  Properly down.  HTTP 500 error.  The issue was … Continue reading →

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FIM Portal in a SharePoint farm–why you should not do this

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

That is correct.  You read the title of this post correctly.  I am, officially, on a mission to save you from making one of the biggest FIM Portal deployment mistakes you can make.  Do not, I repeat, do not use … Continue reading →

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Forefront Identity Manager 2010 build 4.0.3684.2 released

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

March 19th saw Microsoft release a new hotfix rollup package (build 4.0.3684.2) for Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010.  The official documentation for this build can be found on the Microsoft support website under KB article kb2819338.  Download link is here. … Continue reading →

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FIM SSPR password reset fails with error PWReset Activity could not connect to the directory

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Two primary reasons for the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM) or Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) password reset action workflow (WF) failing to successfully reset a password after a user has successfully authenticated via the … Continue reading →

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PWReset Activity could not connect to the directory #2

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

This post covers one of two reasons that the FIM Service fails to reset a password and throws the error PWReset Activity could not connect to the directory.  The other issue is described here. A user of Forefront Identity Manager … Continue reading →

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Forefront Identity Manager 2010 build 4.0.3644.2 released

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Early November saw Microsoft release a new hotfix rollup package (build 4.0.3644.2) for Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010.  The official documentation for this build can be found on the Microsoft support website under KB article kb2750673.  Download link is here. … Continue reading →

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Extensible Connectivity Management Agent (ECMA/XMA) Deprecated

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

On Friday 12th October 2012 Microsoft officially declared the Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) Extensible Connectivity Management Agent (ECMA1/XMA) framework to be a deprecated feature.  Here’s the specific verbiage: With the release of ECMA 2.0, this feature has been depricated and … Continue reading →

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Using Images in the FIM Notification Activity

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

You learn something new every day!  Up until today I’d been under the impression we had no means of adding a corporate banner image, for example, into e-mail notification templates other than via a URL to an anonymous web site … Continue reading →

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Forefront Identity Manager 2010 build 4.0.3627.2 released

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

On or around 27th August 2012 Microsoft released a new hotfix rollup package (build 4.0.3627.2) for Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010.  The official documentation for this build can be found on the Microsoft support website under KB article kb2737503. kb2737503 … Continue reading →

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FIM Service Principal Names and Kerberos Delegation

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Kerberos authentication and delegation.  A surprisingly complex subject for many.  But it shouldn’t be! If truth be told I’ve been a little shocked at how difficult some folk involved in FIM projects (or general infrastructure projects) find implementing multiple-tier applications … Continue reading →

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