Just a quick memo to myself. When creating a set where you want to filter on all people that does not have an AccountName, it`s important to be aware of a bug(?) in the filterbuilder. Creating this set does not work, this will filter out all users with an AccountName EXCEPT users with AccountName starting […]
Author: Remi
Note to self: Deleting “Ghost Objects” from the Metaverse
Saved me A LOT of work. Some of you may have run into an issue with what I like to call “ghost data”. Ghost objects are essentially fragments or artifacts left over in the metaverse when a deletion should have occurred but, for one reason or another, didn’t and are left as such in a […]
Cannot be used for communication because it is in the Faulted state
Okay, so: You finished installing MIM 2016, the world is looking good and you get some bad ass events in the eventlog when restarting the FIMService that looks like this: Problem Workflow host activation failed for workflow definition id : 303cac16-d927-41f6-abce-21ccbd883ea2, version key: 6. Exception: The communication object, Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Hosting.ResourceManagementWorkflowServiceHost, cannot be used for communication because […]
Show/Hide RCDC attributes
Problem You want to show/hide a specific attribute form in the FIM2010 RCDC in a supported state when a check box is checked/unchecked.
Running PS 3.0 cmdlets with FIM PS WF
Problem You want to run PowerShell 3.0 cmdlets through FIM PowerShell Workflow Activity (FIM PS WF) (https://fimpowershellwf.codeplex.com)? As you may or may not know FIM2010 R2 Service is using a workflow host based on Workflow Foundation 3.5 (.NET 3.5). This means that you can only run PowerShell 2.0 cmdlets through the workflow from FIM.
FIM2010R2 Custom Reports
I’ve played around for a while now with different reporting solution for FIM2010R2. I crawled all over Google hoping to find some samples on custom reports using FIM`s default reporting capabilities SSRS and SCSM. I didn`t find _anything_, so I filled up a big mug of coffee and refused to leave my desk before it […]
Splunk for FIM 2010 R2
I’m looking into some alternatives on FIM2010 R2 reporting besides the whole SCSM solution, that is quite complex and don`t give you that much of useful reports by default. So this time, im trying out Splunk with Oxford Computer Group`s Splunk for FIM App.
Simplifying FIM Service Migration
I just built a pretty big FIM2010 R2 solution in a development environment, and now was the time to migrate the whole solution to new production servers. Well, I was pretty nervous about it. I have previously used Microsoft`s solution (here), but this time I had _a lot_ of MPR`s, Sets, WF and also a […]
Create custom search scopes in FIM portal
When you got a lot of users in your FIM portal, you probably want to use search scopes to get a quick overview or a “cleaner” presentation of users. Let`s create a new custom search scope that gives us a view of all users that is currently active.
Add Group Membership tab in FIM portal RCDC
When I deploy FIM2010 solutions to customers I have some “features” I always add as default. One of them is editing the FIM Portal RCDC for view- and edit users to show the users group membership. From my point of view this should be a out-of-the-box feature. It`s not, but it fairly easy to add.