This article is a survival-guide-like list of community resources across the Web.
This also contains links to important TechNet Library articles about Forefront Identity Manager (FIM). 

Please feel free to add more links to this list as they become available.

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Table of Contents

• Quick Links
• RSS Feeds
• Product Pages
  • General
  • White papers
• Learning FIM 2010
  • Getting Started
  • Learning (Courses, Training, Exam)
  • Hands-on Virtual labs
  • Test Labs
• Beta-testing & Pre-releases
• Technical Libraries
  • FIM 2010
  • FIM 2010 R2
  • FIM 2010 Developer Reference
• Multimedia
  • Webcasts, videos, and events
  • Webcasts
  • Podcasts
• Online Community
  • Forums
  • Social Media
  • Wiki
  • Blogs
• Downloads
  • Updates & Hotfixes
  • Code & Codeplex
• Announcements
• Other Media
  • Books
  • Articles & Magazines
• Related
• See Also

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Quick Links

Short URLs to bookmark
To bookmark this page: http://bit.ly/FIM2010Resources

• Search Wiki for FIM: http://bit.ly/FIMWiki
• FIM 2010 Wiki articles catalog page
• FIM 2010 R2
  • Beta docs: http://bit.ly/FIM2010R2BetaDocs
  • Announcement of FIM 2010 R2 RC: http://bit.ly/FIM2010R2-RC    
• FIM 2010 Hotfix RSS 
• Download MS BRS Trial Environment: http://bit.ly/DownloadBRSTrial
• FIM 2010 SDK download : http://bit.ly/FIM2010CHM
• FIM 2010 MAs from partners: http://bit.ly/FIM2010PartnerMAs
• FIM 2010 Software Solutions From Partners: http://bit.ly/FIM2010Solutions
• FIM 2010 custom activities and workflows : http://bit.ly/FIM2010CustomActivity_WF
• Current CLM resources: http://bit.ly/CurrentCLMresources
• FIM Experts corner on User Forum: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=183015
  • FIM Technical Article Library
  • Technical Resources
  • Understanding Guides
  • How To Articles
  • Troubleshooting Guides
• FIM 2010 beta exam

RSS Feeds

If you want to be kept up-to-date automatically when new articles or posts are submitted, you can subscribe to the feeds below.
Most of the blogs below also have a feed available.

• FIM Hotfixes
• FIM tagged articles on Technet Wiki
• FIM Technet Forum Feed
• Podcasts on
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010
  • Microsoft Forefront

Product Pages 

General

• Microsoft Identity and Access management
• Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 product page
• FIM 2010 Technical Resources
• Forefront Identity Manager TechCenter
• MIIS/ILM/FIM Tech Library
  • FIM 2010 Technical Library (details see paraph below)
• Identity Management Developer References
• FIM 2010 Privacy Statement
  • Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010—Privacy Statement

White papers

• FIM 2010 White papers
  • Understanding Forefront Identity Manager 2010

Learning FIM 2010 

Getting Started

• See documentation roadmap next paragraph (in FIM Technical Library > Start Here)
• Learn Forefront Identity Manager
• source: FIM 2010 Techcenter
  • Product Overview
  • Deployment (Installation Guide)
  • Getting Started Step-by-Step Guides
  • Technical Library
  • Developer Documentation (Overview)
    • Forefront Identity Manager Service Developer Reference
    • Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization service
    • Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization service Developer Reference
    • Forefront Identity Manager Certificate Management Developer Reference
  • Microsoft Business Ready Security Trial Environment 

Learning (Courses, Training, Exam)

Searcht the Microsoft Learning catalog for Forefront Identity

• Classroom
  • Course 50382A: Implementing Forefront Identity Manager 2010
  • Course 50383A: Upgrading Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 to Forefront Identity Manager 2010
• Learning Plans
  • Learning Plan for Configuring a Microsoft Forefront Identity Access Management Solution
• Online training
  • Ramp Up - Implementing Forefront Identity Manager 2010, contains
    • downloadable manuals and articles
    • videos
    • virtual labs
• Exam
  • 70-158: TS: Forefront Identity Manager 2010, Configuring  

Hands-on Virtual labs

• TechNet Virtual Labs: Forefront Security
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 Overview
• TechNet Virtual Lab: The FIM Experience
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Importing and Synchronizing Data
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Joining Data from Another MA and Provisioning AD LDS
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Managing Users in the FIM Portal
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Creating the FIM MA and Synchronizing
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Inbound Synchronization Rules
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Synchronizing Active Directory Users
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Password Self-service and Configuring PCNS
• Technet Virtual Lab: Distribution Groups and Provisioning Distribution Groups in Active Directory
• Technet Virtual Lab: Security Groups and Provisioning Security Groups in Active Directory
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery, MA Run Scripts, and Final Configuration
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Managing Groups- Lab A
• TechNet Virtual Lab: Managing Groups- Lab B
• Search MS events for virtual labs on FIM
• See also Online Training : Ramp Up - Implementing Forefront Identity Manager 2010

Test Labs

• Forefront Identity Manager 2010 and Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management Test Labs
• Experiences with the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 and Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management Test Labs

Beta-testing & Pre-releases

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Home @ Microsoft Connect requires registration and login to access the Connect site

• FIM 2010 R2 Beta
• FIM Sync ECMA2 beta
• Downloads 
  • Contains software builds, connectors, meeting recordings, meeting calendar        
• Feedback
  • the location to file bugs, suggestions, feedback,...
• Surveys 
• Discussions

Technical Libraries

FIM 2010 

Click this link to the FIM 2010 Tech libary

• Start Here
  • Documentation Roadmap (comprehensive collection of docs)
    • Identity Management Documentation
    • Certificate Management Documentation
  • FIM 2010 Technical Overview
  • Release Notes
    • Release Notes for Forefront Identity Manager 2010
    • Release Notes for Forefront Identity Manager Certificate Manager (FIM CM)
• Identity Management
  • Planning and Architecture
    • Capacity Planning Guide
      • Topology Considerations
      • Performance Testing FIM Service
      • Performance Testing FIM Synchronization
      • Appendix A: FIM Disk Subsystem Performance Testing
    • Preinstallation and Topology Configuration
  • Technical Concepts
    • Designing Business Policy Rules
    • Understanding Configuring and Customizing the FIM Portal
    • Understanding Custom Resource and Attribute Management
    • Understanding Data Synchronization with External Systems
    • Understanding Expected State Detection
  • Getting Started
    • Common Configuration for Getting Started Guides
    • Introduction to Configuring and Customizing the FIM Portal
    • Introduction to User and Group Management
    • Introduction to Security Group Management
    • Introduction to Distribution Group Management
    • Introduction to Management Policy Rules
    • Introduction to Custom Resource and Attribute Management
    • Introduction to Inbound Synchronization
    • Introduction to Outbound Synchronization
    • Introduction to Request Management
    • Introduction to Publishing To Active Directory from Two Authoritative Data Sources
  • Deployment
    • Migrating from ILM 2007 to FIM 2010
    • Installation Guide
    • Post-Installation and Configuration Guide
    • Configuration Migration Deployment Guide
    • Custom Resource and Attribute Management Deployment Guide
    • Password Reset Deployment Guide
    • Cross-Forest Management Deployment Guide
      • Steps for Deploying Cross-Forest Management Solution Using Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010
    • Design and Deployment Guide for Self-Service Distribution Group Management
    • How Do I Provision Groups to AD DS
    • How Do I Provision Users to AD DS
    • How Do I Synchronize Groups from AD DS to FIM
    • How Do I Synchronize Users from AD DS to FIM
  • Operations
    • Best Practices
    • FIM 2010 Backup and Restore Guide
    • Troubleshooting FIM 2010 Roadmap
    • Managing SQL Server Agent Jobs in FIM 2010
  • Technical Reference
    • Functions Reference for FIM 2010
    • Management Agents in FIM 2010
    • Resource Control Display Configuration XML Reference
    • Registry Keys and Configuration File Settings in FIM 2010
    • Terminology and Glossary
    • Windows PowerShell Tools for FIM 2010
      • FIM Windows PowerShell Cmdlet Reference
      • FIM Windows PowerShell Cmdlet Examples
        • Windows PowerShell Example Functions that Communicate with the FIM Service
        • Windows PowerShell Example Helper Functions
        • Annotated Script Examples
        • Windows PowerShell Examples for Configuring FIM
      • Forefront Identity Manager Configuration with Windows Powershell
      • Forefront Identity Manager Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell
      • FIM Configuration with Windows PowerShell
• Certificate Management
  • Planning and Architecture
  • Technical Concepts
    • Understanding Third-Party Certification Authority Extensions
  • Getting Started
    • Introduction to FIM CM
    • Introduction to FIM CM Smart Cards
  • Deployment
    • Installing and Configuring the FIM CM Server
    • Installing and Configuring FIM CM Client
    • Configuring the FIM CM Service
    • Configuring SSL on FIM CM Server
    • Installing and Configuring the Bulk Smart Card Issuance Client
    • How to Set Up FIM CM Active Directory Permissions
    • How to Set Up FIM CM Behind a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster
    • How to Import an External Certificate
    • How to Use Smart Card Control
  • Operations
  • FIM CM Backup and Restore Guide
  • Technical Reference

FIM 2010 R2

• Release Notes for FIM 2010 R2 Beta
• Installing Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Beta
  • Installation Guide for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Beta
  • Post-installation and Configuration Guide for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Beta
  • Test Lab Guide: Installing Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Beta
• Evaluation Guide for FIM 2010 R2 Beta: Password Reset
• Evaluation Guide for FIM 2010 R2 Beta: Add-in for Outlook
• Evaluation Guide for FIM 2010 R2 Beta: Export Performance
• Evaluation Guide for FIM 2010 R2 Beta: Troubleshooting Enhancements
• Using Reporting in Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Beta
  • Evaluation Guide for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Beta: Reporting
  • Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Beta Reporting
  • Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Beta Reporting Extensibility
  • PowerShell Reference for FIM 2010 R2 Beta Reporting

FIM 2010 Developer Reference

Click this link to access the FIM 2010 Developer reference

• Forefront Identity Manager Service Developer Reference
• Forefront Identity Manager Extensibility Roadmap.
• Forefront Identity Manager Service Overview
  • Management Policy in FIM
  • Request Processing
  • Web Services Overview
  • Legal Information
  • Forefront
• Web Services Overview
• Using Forefront Identity Manager
  • How to: Retrieve the FIM Service Schema Using WS-MetadataExchange
  • Reporting
  • Compiling Rules and Data Source Extensions
  • Custom Activities and Workflows
    • How to: Create a Custom Logging Activity
    • Developing Custom Activities and Workflows
    • How to: Create a Custom Activity Library
    • Rendering Custom Activities in the FIM Portal
  • Troubleshooting Forefront Identity Manager Service
• Forefront Identity Manager Service Reference
  • Forefront Identity Manager Schema
  • Web Services API
  • FIM XPath Filter Dialect
    • See also: XPath Filter fundamentals, XPath Filter Dialect: Examples
• Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service Developer Reference
  • Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service Overview
    • Rules Extensions
    • Connected Data Source Extensions Overview
    • WMI Provider Overview
  • Using Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service
    • Connected Data Source Extensions
    • How to: Create Management Agents
    • Using Password Extensions
    • Using Rules Extensions
    • Using the WMI Provider
    • Forefront Identity Manager Certificate Management Connected Data Sources
    • Handling Errors
  • Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service Reference
    • Inherited Methods and Properties
    • Management Agent Packaging Tool Reference
    • Lotus Notes Properties
    • WMI Provider Reference
    • XML Reference
    • FIM Synchronization Service Managed Reference
• FIM Certificate Management Overview
  • FIM Certificate Management Overview
    • FIM CM Notification API Overview
    • FIM CM Provision API Overview
    • FIM CM SQL API Overview
    • FIM CM Customizable Interfaces Overview
  • External Resources for FIM CM
    • FIM Certificate Management Technical Library
  • FIM Certificate Management Managed Reference       

Multimedia

Webcasts, videos, and events

• Comprehesive overview on Wiki
• FIM at Technet Edge
• Search MS Events for all events on Forefront Identity Manager, or FIM
• FIM 2010 at youtube

Webcasts

Webcasts sorted on date

• TechNet Virtual Lab: Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 Overview (23-jun-2010, Level 100)
• TechNet Webcast: Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Extending FIM (05-apr-2010, Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Deploying FIM (30-mar-2010, Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Monitoring and Troubleshooting FIM in Production (18-mar-2010, Level 300)
• TechNet Webcast: Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Technical Overview and Deployment (09-mar-2010, Level 300)
• Identity and Access Management interview with FIM Demo live on TechNet Edge. (25-feb-2010)
• Reducing cost of group management
• Alex Weinert on Forefront Identity Manager 2010
• Human Behavior the Other 90% of the Problem (Andreas Kjellman at TEC 2009)
• ILM 2 from IT Pro Perspective (Andreas Kjellman at TEC 2009)
• Provision OTP through ILM 2 (Marvin Tansley at TEC 2009)

Podcasts

Alphabetical

• By topic:
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010(RSS feed available )
  • Microsoft Forefront (RSS feed available )
• Search podcasts on
  • FIM
  • identity
• FIM based
  • Achievable Savings and ROI from Forefront Identity Manager
  • Best Practices for User Account Lifecycle Management
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Extending FIM
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Deploying FIM
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Monitoring and Troubleshooting FIM in Production
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Technical Overview and Deployment
  • Forefront Identity Manager: Making it Easy for Administrators
  • How Do I: Self Service In Forefront Identity Management 2010 Portal
  • How Do I: Synchronize Active Directory with Forefront Identity Manager 2010
  • Identity and Access with Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager
  • Microsoft Forefront Virtual Event (Part 10 of 10): Identity and Access Management: Forefront Identity Manager 2010
  • Upgrading MIIS and ILM: Best Practices in Extending Identity Management to the Entire Business
• Exchange related
  • Empower Exchange Server 2010 with Forefront Identity Manager 2010
  • Use Forefront Identity Manager to Simplify Exchange Server Rollouts

Online Community

Forums

• General
  • How to get the maximum return on your forum question
  • How to ask questions in a technical forum
  • Tips for Working with Product Support
• Microsoft Technet Forum: Forefront Identity Manager
  • FIM Experts Corner
  • FIM Scriptbox
  • FIM Community Knowledge Box (offline version of popular content from this forum)
    • FIM Knowledge Bit Collection
  • How Do I Guides
  • What's new in FIM Update 1
• MMSUG

Social Media

• FIM at Facebook
• FIM at twitter
  • #FIM2010
• LinkedIn
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010 at LinkedIn
  • Forefront Identity Manager Troubleshooting at LinkedIn

Wiki

This article contains an overview on the FIM 2010 related articles on Technet Wiki.Search the Microsoft Technet Wiki for more items related to FIM, some examples (alphabetically) below:

• Current Certificate Lifecycle Manager Resources
• FIM 2010 Management Agents from partners
• FIM CM 2010 FAQ
• FIM FAQ Collection
• Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 Webcasts & Videos
• "How do I ..." article series
  • How Do I Synchronize Users from Active Directory Domain Services to FIM
  • How Do I Synchronize Groups from Active Directory Domain Services to FIM
  • How do I Provision Users to Active Directory Domain Services
  • How do I Provision Groups to Active Directory Domain Services
• ILM 2007 FP1 / FIM 2010 Synchronization Glossary
• ILM and FIM Backup Topics - What to backup and how
• ILM/FIM run profile definitions
• Global Address List Synchronization (GALSync)
• Powershell
  • Search Wiki for FIM powershell samples.
  • Using PowerShell to test the FIM management agent account
  • Using PowerShell to Create FIM ActivityInformationConfiguration Objects
  • A method to remove orphaned ExpectedRuleEntry objects from your environment
• Troubleshooting
  • FIM2010 Install Issue - Error 25009 Troubleshooting
  • FIM Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting Common FIM Provisioning Errors
  • Troubleshooting Generic FIM Synchronization Errors
• Customizing FIM
  • How to Add a CheckBox to a FIM Custom Workflow UI
  • How to Add a RadioButtonList to a FIM Custom Workflow UI
  • Using PowerShell to display the permissions on the FIM site
  • Password Expiration Notifications with FIM 2010
  • and so many more ...
  • (HINT: bookmark the search page)
• Understanding FIM
  • Understanding FIM Service Partitions
• Licensing
  • How to License FIM 2010

More to find at :FIM 2010 Wiki articles catalog page

Blogs

Blogs with focus on FIM

• Microsoft & Product Team
  • Identity Management (Brjann Brekkan)
    • Technical overview whitepaper on FIM 2010 (download)
    • FIM Management Agents from Partners (moved to Wiki)
  • The IDA Guys
  • Identity Management Extensibility (Joe Schulman)
  • Bobby and Nima's Forefront Identity Manager Blog
    • XPath Filter Dialect: Fundamentals
    • XPath Filter Dialect: Examples
  • Shawn's MIIS/ILM/FIM Code Experiment
  • Darryl Russi's Blog
  • Antony Ho
    • FIM 2010 tagged articles
• MSDN Blogs
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM 2010) Data Cache
• Other (alphabetical)
  • ADDict (Thomas Vuylsteke)
  • Assurances in Identity (Marc Mac Donell)
  • Be-ID (Paul Loonen)
  • c--shark.(Joe Zamora)
  • FIMFacts! (Pieter de Loos)
  • 1dent1ty cHa0s (Brad Turner)
  • Identity Notes (Jeremy Palenchar)
  • Identity Management Crisis (Henrik Nilsson)
  • Identity Management at CERN (Paolo Tedesco)
  • Identity Trench (Craig Martin)
  • Identity Underground (Peter Geelen)
  • IdMlab (Naohiro Fujie)
  • ILM Best Practices (David Lundell)
  • Jorge 's Quest For Knowledge! (Jorge de Almeida Pinto)
  • Lost and Found Identity's blog (Dmitry Kazantsev)
  • Missmiis (Carol Wapshere)
  • Puttyq (Almero Steyn)
  • Zeva (Issam Andoni)
     
• CLM
  • Paul's Digital Lounge and Cigar Bar (Paul Adare)
  • CM/CLM Troubleshooting

Downloads

Search Microsoft Download center for Forefront Identity Manager or FIM

• Documentation
  • Understanding Forefront Identity Manager 2010
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM 2010) SDK Documentation (short url: http://bit.ly/FIM2010CHM)
  • Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) Capacity Planning Guide
  • Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) Configuration Migration Deployment Guide
  • Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) Backup and Restore
  • Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager Certificate Management (FIM CM) Backup and Restore
• Technical overview whitepaper on FIM 2010
• Trial & Eval
  • Microsoft Business Ready Security Trial Environment
  • Microsoft® Forefront™ Identity Manager 2010 Evaluation Version
• Updates
  • FIM 2010 RTM update 1
• Management Pack
  • Pre-release version of FIM 2010 management pack
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Monitoring Management Pack
• Powershell
  • ILM 2007 and FIM 2010 Sync Engine Configuration Powershell Commandlets Quick Reference Guide
• eBook
  • Free e-Book: Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management with Thales Hardware Security Modules
• Windows Identity Foundation
  • download with registration (to receive email with WIF resources)
  • download without registration
• Windows Mobile
  • FIM 2010 Mobile

Updates & Hotfixes

To get an updated, complete list, search for the latest FIM hotfixes on Microsoft Support
See also the RSS feeds.

• Updates
  • FIM 2010 RTM update 1
• FIM 2010 Build Overview
  • hotfix rollup package (build 4.0.3573.2) for FIM 

Code & Codeplex

The following list of projects is sorted alphabetically: 

• ADFS 2.0 Attribute Store for FIM 2010
• Ensynch FIM Query Tool
• FIM 2010 Community extensions
• FIM 2010 Resource Management Client
• FIM 2010 Wallpaper
• FIM CM Extensions
• FIM DataProcessingExtension for SQL Reporting Services
• FIM Object Visualizer
• FIM PowerShell Workflow Activity
• FIM Scriptbox
• FIM SSRS Extension
• FTE Owner requirement: FIM 2010 Activity
• Identity Management Extensibilitiy Samples
• Identitynotes
• ILM 2 Custom WF Activity
• Metaverse Router
• OpenLDAP XMA
• SharePoint List MA 

Announcements   

• 2011-11-23, Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Release Candidate Now Available
• 2011-07-18, FIM 2010 beta exam    
• 2011-07-29, FIM 2010 R2 Beta is live on MS Connect – FIM 2010 R2 Community Evaluation Program (CEP)
• 2011-05-17, FIM 2010 R2 Community Evaluation Program
• 2010-10-13, Update Package 1 for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010
• 2010-03-10, Microsoft Press Release on FIM 2010 RTM
• 2010-03-03, Gemalto supports FIM with strong authentication

Other Media

Books

• FIM Best Practices Volume 1: Introduction, Architecture And Installation Of Forefront Identity Manager 2010
• Free e-Book: Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management with Thales Hardware Security Modules

Articles & Magazines

• The Self-Service Identity Management Door is Now Open(Technet Edge)
• Exchange Provisioning using ILM 2007 and FIM 2010 (Technet Magazine)

Related

• Blogs
  • Forefront Team Blog
  • Alex Tcherniakhovski - Security
  • TechnoVanza
  • Tomek's DS World (Tomasz Onyszko)
  • Spat's WebLog (Steve Patrick)
    • FIM CM Logging and random errors
  • Security and Identity in the cloud
• Security Developer Center for Identity Management

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See Also

• List of Technologies and Related Topics
• FIM 2010 Wiki articles catalog page
• PCNS-Password Synchronization Resource Wiki

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