Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Now Available

YES!!! Read the official RTM announcement at the Server & Cloud blog!

http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/06/14/forefront-identity-manager-2010-r2-now-available.aspx

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Announcing New Windows Azure Services to Deliver “Hybrid Cloud”

Some very interesting announcements for Windows Azure! Wow!

Announcing New Windows Azure Services to Deliver “Hybrid Cloud”

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Forefront Identity Manager 2010 and ADFS 2.0 Common Criteria Certified with assurance level EAL4+

Great news! Both Forefront Identity Manager 2010 and ADFS 2.0 has passed the common criteria certification with assurance level EAL4+!!!

http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 – CC EAL4+

Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 – CC EAL4+

EPL – Evaluated Products List DSD Defence Signals Directorate

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List of new Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 documentation on the Download Center

To help you find the content that you find interesting to download:

General:

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Deployment Guide

Test Lab Guide: Installing Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2

Test Lab Guide: Upgrading to Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2

FIM 2010 R2 Export Performance Guide

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating FIM 2010 R2 Outlook Add-in

Test Lab Guide: Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Common User and Group Configuration

Forefront Identity Manager Connector for WebServices

FIM2010 Connector for WebServices Technet Documentation

Password Reset:

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Deployment Guide – Self-Service Password Reset

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating the FIM 2010 R2 Self-Service Password Reset with the OTP Email Gate

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating the FIM 2010 R2 Self-Service Password Reset with the QA Gate

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating the FIM 2010 R2 SSPR SMSProvider with the OTP SMS Gate

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating FIM 2010 R2 Password Registration and Reset Portal Customization

Reporting:

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Deployment Guide – Reporting(

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Reporting Extensibility Support Files

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Reporting Extensibility 2

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Reporting

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New WebServices connector for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2

Forefront Identity Manager Connector for WebServices helps you synchronize identity information, easily provision and deprovision accounts and identity information and also provides password management capabilities WebServices enabled systems, such as ERP systems.

Download the new Webservices connectors for SAP, Oracle PeopleSoft and Oracle eBusiness.

Download the Forefront Identity Manager Connector for WebServices

FIM2010 Connector for WebServices Technet Documentation (Download)

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ADFS in Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 will include a new version of Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).

Compared to ADFS 2.0 some of the news are:

• Integration with Dynamic Access Control scenarios
• Improved installation experience using Server Manager
• Additional Windows PowerShell cmdlet tools

AD FS can be used with the user and device claims that are issued using Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server 2012 for various Dynamic Access Control scenarios. This integration enables AD FS to consume AD DS claims that are included in Kerberos tickets as a result of domain authentication.

ADFS in Windows Server 2012 (TechNet)

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Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager–Facebook group

Join our Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager Facebook group. We discuss and post interesting information regarding Identity management using the Microsoft based solutions.

Forefront Identity Manager – Facebook Group

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Microsoft BHOLD Suite information

Interested in knowing more about the Microsoft Bhold Suite?

Now we have posted the following on TechNet:

• Microsoft BHOLD Suite Concepts Guide
• Microsoft BHOLD Suite Installation Guide
• Microsoft BHOLD Suite Technical Reference
• Release Notes for BHOLD Suite

Microsoft BHOLD Suite (Microsoft TechNet)

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Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 and Forefront Identity Manager 2010 BHOLD Suite available on MSDN

Now you can download FIM 2010 R2 and BHOLD  on MSDN. Remember this is for test and development not production environments.

Download Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 (x86 and x64) – DVD (English) – MSDN

Download Forefront Identity Manager BHOLD Suite (x64) – DVD (English, Dutch, German) – MSDN

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Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter

Delivering the Windows 8 Release Preview – Steven Sinofsky

Recommend following the link on Steven’s blogpost above and run the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant to install Windows 8 release candidate. But if you need the ISO files to burn a DVD you can find them below.

Download Windows 8 Release Preview ISO files

Download Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter

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