April 06, 2005
Microsoft Identity Management Server (MIIS) Sessions at TechEd
So it looks like I'm going to be rather busy at TechEd in Orlando this year (guess I can leave my golf clubs at home :-)). I just picked up my third session, this one on cross-platform password management with MIIS. The session number and title is SVR327: Cross-Platform Password Management with Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (MIIS). Here is the abstract for the session:
With MIIS 2003 SP1, password management has become a first class citizen of the lifecycle management. In this session, we discuss how MIIS can be used to secure accounts from provisioning to de-provisioning, how passwords can be managed in any identity store, how to synchronize passwords changed by the user from his Windows desktop to any identity store managed by MIIS, and how users can manage passwords for systems that do not participate in password synchronization through a Web portal. In addition, get a preview of a new end user password self-service reset tool that we will ship in a future release of MIIS.
MIIS has a pretty big presence at TechEd this year as you can tell from the following list of sessions and hands-on labs that either cover MIIS directly, or at least mention MIIS in the abstract:
- CSI200 (Strategic Briefing Session) Connected Systems: Applications of the Future (session)
- CSI322 Identity Integration Using Host Integration Server and BizTalk Server (session)
- SEC04 Using Microsoft Identity Integration Server to Synchronize User Identity Information and Credentials (lab)
- SRV04 Microsoft's Identity Management Solution (session)
- SRV05 Developing Management Agents with the Identity Integration Server 2003 Management Agent Software Development Kit (lab)
- SVR210 Enforce Endpoint Health Policy with Network Access Protection (NAP) (session)
- SVR215 Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003: What's New in Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 SP1, Futures and Roadmap (session)
- SVR220 Microsoft's Identity Management Strategy and Roadmap (session)
- SVR304 Server Migration Chapter One: Novell Netware and NT 4 Migration Planning (session)
- SVR317 Microsoft IT: Managing Identity Lifecycle, Consistency and Self-Healing with MIIS (session)
- SVR318 Developing Solutions on the Microsoft Identity and Access Platform (Part 1) (session)
- SVR322 Providing Web SSO and Identity Federation Solutions Using Active Directory Federation Services Windows Server 2003 R2 (session)
- SVR323 Active Directory Federation Services Architecture Drilldown (session)
- SVR324 Deploying Web SSO and Identity Federation Solutions Using Active Directory Federation Services: Scenarios and Strategies (session)
- SVR325 Identity Lifecycle Management Using Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (MIIS) (session)
- SVR326 How to Build a Self-Service Application Using Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (MIIS) (session)
- SVR328 Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Deployment Best Practices (session)
- SVR400 Developing Solutions on the Microsoft Identity and Access Platform (Part 2) (session)
If you can't make a session, or if you have additional questions, feel free to drop by the cabana area.
Posted by Paul Adare at 05:10 AM
March 28, 2005
New GAL Synchronization Walkthrough
The MIIS product team has been listening to customer feedback on the walkthroughs that are available with the product to help folks learn how MIIS works, and how to use it in certain scenarios. As part of this effort, a new version of the GAL Synchronization walkthrough has just been released. Note that if you've already installed the old MIIS walkthroughs, you should uninstall them prior to installing the new package.
Bugs and errors in the original GAL Synch walkthrough have been corrected, it has been updated to support MIIS Service Pack 1, and the sample data has been reduced from hundreds of users to tens of users. An additional section has been added demonstrating how to use GALSynch to synch contact objects between forests for use by Live Communications Server 2005 SP1.
This package contains the new GAL Synch walkthrough as well as all of the other walkthroughs, some of which have also been updated since the original release and the time I began this blog. For those of you who are interested in learning about MIIS, the walkthroughs are a great resource and the MIIS team has done a great job on putting these together.
Posted by Paul Adare at 07:49 AM