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Short URLs

• To bookmark this page: http://bit.ly/FIM2010Resources
• Search Wiki for FIM: http://bit.ly/FIMWiki
• 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

Table of content 

• Online Community
• RSS Feeds
• Product Pages
• Getting started
• FIM Technical Library
• FIM 2010 Developer reference
• Virtual Labs
• Webcasts, videos  and events
• Podcasts
• Wiki
• Articles
• Blogs
• Code & Codeplex
• Downloads
• Announcements
• Books
• Courses and Online Training
• Other
• Related items

Online Community

• 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
• http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=155109068156
• LinkedIn
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010 @ LinkedIn
  • Forefront Identity Manager Troubleshooting @ LinkedIn

 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 avalable. 

• FIM tagged articles on Technet Wiki
• FIM Technet Forum Feed

Product Pages

• 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

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

FIM Technical Library (link)

• 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
  • 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 Configuration Tools for FIM 2010
    • Forefront Identity Manager Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell
      • FIM Configuration with Windows PowerShell
    • FIM Windows PowerShell Cmdlet Examples
      • Windows PowerShell Example Functions that Communicate with the FIM Service
      • Windows PowerShell Example Helper Functions
      • Annotated Script Examples
• 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 Developer Reference (link)

• 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

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

Webcasts, videos  and events

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

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 @ TEC 2009)
• ILM 2 from IT Pro Perspective (Andreas Kjellman @ TEC 2009)
• Provision OTP through ILM 2 (Marvin Tansley @ TEC 2009)

Podcasts

• Search Podcasts for FIM
• Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Extending FIM
• Microsoft Forefront Virtual Event (Part 10 of 10): Identity and Access Management: Forefront Identity Manager 2010
• How Do I: Self Service In Forefront Identity Management 2010 Portal
• How Do I: Synchronize Active Directory with Forefront Identity Manager 2010
• Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Extending FIM
• Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Deploying FIM
• Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Monitoring and Troubleshooting FIM in Production

Wiki

Search the Microsoft Technet Wiki for more items related to FIM, some examples (alphabettically) 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
  • 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
• and so many more ... (HINT: bookmark the search page)

 

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Articles & Magazine

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

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
• Other (alphabetical)
  • Assurances in Identity (Marc Mac Donell)
  • Be-ID (Paul Loonen)
  • c--shark.(Joe Zamora)
  • 1dent1ty cHa0s (Brad Turner)
  • Identity Junkie (Chris Calderon)
  • 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

Code & Codeplex (alphabetical)

• ADFS 2.0 Attribute Store for FIM 2010
• Ensynch FIM Query Tool
• FIM 2010 Resource Management Client
• FIM 2010 Wallpaper
• FIM Powershell Cmdlets
• FIM Scriptbox
• FTE Owner requirement: FIM 2010 Activity
• Identity Management Extensibilitiy Samples
• Identitynotes
• ILM 2 Custom WF Activity
• SharePoint List MA
• Metaverse Router

Downloads

• Search Microsoft Download center for Forefront Identity Manager or FIM
• Documentation
  • Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM 2010) SDK Documenation (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
• 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

Announcements

• Microsoft Press Release on FIM 2010 RTM
• Update Package 1 for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010

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

Courses & Online Training

• Search Microsoft Learning Training Catalog for FIM 2010 courses
  • Course 50382A: Implementing Forefront Identity Manager 2010
  • Course 50383A: Upgrading Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 to Forefront Identity Manager 2010
• Online training:
  • Ramp Up - Implementing Forefront Identity Manager 2010, contains
    • downloadable manuals and articles
    • videos
    • virtual labs

Other

• FIM 2010 Privacy Statement
  • Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010—Privacy Statement

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 Developer Center for Identity Management

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See Also

• List of Technologies and Related Topics