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FIMalyser and other cool tools from Tools4FIM.com

One thing that you may have missed while enjoying your summer vacation is that Tools4FIM has FIMalyser and a free Function Evaluator tool available. These tools are designed to enable faster, smarter and more accurate deployment of FIM2010.
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The FIMalyzer is available now and enables you to view, review, analyse and document your FIM [...]

Protecting information assets at rest and on the move with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)

In my last blog, “To Encrypt or not to Encrypt. That is the question.” I mentioned the ever-growing news stories you hear where unprotected data has been stolen or mistakably left behind in a Taxi or on a train.
More and more companies are starting to deploy hard disk encryption for mobile devices via various third [...]

To encrypt or not to encrypt? That is the question.

Horror stories abound about data theft and the damaging effects of people leaving data unprotected. This raises questions about whether a company should utilize encryption technology to protect their data and secure their Intellectual Property rights.

Claims based Identity and Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010

Claims based identity amd Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010.This white paper considers two viable strategies for solving the “identity problem”, and in asking whether they are somehow competitors, concludes that they are not merely co-operative, they are symbiotic.

OCG White Paper – An examination of Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010

The first FIM white paper from Oxford Computer Group written by James Cowling. This white paper discusses Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM 2010), examines the functionality which is to be expected from a modern Identity Management platform, and asks whether FIM fulfils these promises.

TEC Berlin 2009 – Identity – Day 2 and 3 (RBAC and Reporting)

Hugh Simpson-Wells sends this quick download of days 2 a 3 in the Identity (FIM 2010) track at TEC 2009 in Berlin. Apart from the eager anticipation of FIM 2010, there are two strong themes here: Access Control (so, RBAC, or something else) and Reporting (e.g. for compliance purposes). Read on!
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TEC 2009 Berlin – Directory Track Day 2

TEC Day Two was a fantastically jam-packed day from the Directory perspective, such that your (still) jet-lagged author wasn’t even able to sneak away for a much-needed nap!
We began the day with Matt Steele, Fed Identity PM, doing a deep, deep, DEEP dive into AD FS from an interoperability perspective, particularly with the addition of [...]

TEC 2009 Berlin – Exchange Track Day 2

Today began with an in-depth presentation by Greg Taylor of Microsoft on CAS Namespace Planning. Greg presented the issues associated with proper external namespace planning for co-existence and transition scenarios between all of Exchange 2003, 2007, and 2010. While this seems like it would be a direct and simple topic, it is not. In fact, [...]

TEC 2009 Berlin – Day 1 Exchange

Today, we began with a keynote from Ross Smith IV, a Senior Program Manager for Exchange Server from Microsoft, who gave an introduction to the upcoming release of Exchange Server 2010 and changes within Exchange Server 2007 SP2. While somewhat marketing-oriented, the presentation was very well received, as many people have yet to see these [...]

TEC 2009 Berlin – including What’s New in FIM 2010

This is a brief report from Berlin, the venue for this year’s TEC conference. The Expert’s Conference, run by Quest, used to be The Directory Experts Conference run by Netpro – but Quest acquired Netpro, and the conference now covers more than just Directories. Your correspondent has been sitting through the Identity track (there is also a Directory track and an Exchange track), and reports today’s proceedings. Highlights include: how has TEC changed given Quest’s involvement, and What’s New in FIM 2010. Enjoy!

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