After recently upgrading a development environment from FIM 2010 to FIM 2010 R2 SP1, I decided to clear all objects out of the FIM Portal to give myself a clean development environment. So first, I ran various PowerShell scripts to clear out the users and groups (making sure not to delete my administrator users). Then, … Read more
Having recently performed a FIM 2010 R2 SP1 Upgrade, I was then required to apply some changes made in an earlier release using the FIM 2010 Migration scripts. In hindsight, I probably should have done this in reverse order (apply changes, then upgrade), as the changes.xml file contained a bunch of deletions related to specific … Read more
Recently, I had to perform an upgrade to FIM 2010 R2 SP1 from FIM 2010 (pre-R2) in a development environment. After a few issues performing the upgrade, I was installing the FIM 2010 R2 SP1 Service and Portal on SharePoint Foundation 2013 and I kept running into the error: Forefront Identity Manager Service and Portal Setup … Read more
Looks like Microsoft have uploaded the Release Notes for FIM 2010 R2 SP1 and also a “What’s New” page describing all the new features. Key improvements that stand out to me in this release are: Improvements in the upgrade process from FIM 2010 to FIM 2010 R2, including significant performance enhancements to the database upgrade. … Read more
Am currently attending the first annual Oxford Computer Group Redmond Identity, Access & Directory Summit at Microsoft HQ. In a talk given by Andreas Kjellman a few minutes ago, he announced FIM 2010 R2 SP1 just went public – no KB or release notes, but you can download via your MSDN subscriber benefits. A number … Read more