Note2Self: Directory Integration Tools Overview

If you’re asking yourself the question which of the current directory tools to chose, here is some help:

I found this nice overview in the Azure MSDN library documentation:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn757582.aspx

On that documentation still FIM 2010 R2 with WAAD Connector is listed as an option, but you should not use that for any new deployments anymore, beside you have very special requirements (like multitenant) and only using that scenario as in interim solution until AADConnect will support that in future.

 

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MIM vNext CTP4 available on Microsoft Connect

Hello,

just a small note that another MIM vNext public preview (CTP4) is available on connect since today.

https://connect.microsoft.com/site433/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=57668

Like the previews before there are binary installers (Build 4.3.1790.0) and also virtual machines for the Privileged Access Management scenario.

Don’t forget to provide all feedback and questions regarding this preview to connect feedback form.

Update:
Read also the official announcement on the AD blog

New Features within this beta quality release:

1. Manual approval of elevation requests
2. The ability to require a Multi-Factor Authentication challenge as part of an elevation request
3. Improved security monitoring of your privileged forest
4. Azure AD based reporting capabilities in the cloud

 

AADConnect: User Writeback: Filtering user objects from the cloud

I recently installed the Preview #2 of Azure Active Directory Connect (AADConnect) in on my testlab with user write-back feature enabled.

Sadly there is currently no possibility to filtering objects that are created in the cloud, so they get not provisioned to the on-premise directory.

I already provided that as a feedback to connect and I assume there will be some filtering OOB in future/final release.

As a workaround you can do the following to modify the sync rules on your own:

New FIM License Model as of 1. April 2015

I could not believe the news yesterday I read on Peter Geelens blog about the new License Model of FIM, thought of an April’s fool first 😉

But all information is still present, Microsoft gives a great surprise to us all.

In short:

• FIM Server License is now included in the Windows Server License (Standard and Datacenter)
• Only CALs are needed for users managed in portal.
• External Connector License is switching to Windows Connector License.

So if you only plan to implement the Sync Engine you have already paid for FIM with your Windows Server License and can setup a scenario for “free” (nearly).

Take a look at the product use rights (PUR):

Main site: Volume Licensing

Or download the PUR document directly:

German: www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/Downloader.aspx?documenttype=PUR&lang=German

English: www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/Downloader.aspx?documenttype=PUR&lang=English

From my perspective this is the “News of the Year”.

/Peter