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Kent Nordstrom
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Kent Nordstrom

Kent Nordström wrote his first lines of code in the late 70s so he's been working with IT for quite some time now. When Microsoft released its Windows 2000 operating system he started a close relationship with them that has continued since. For many years Kent has been working part time as a sub-contractor to Microsoft Consulting Services and has been doing many of the implementations of FIM and its predecessors for multinational companies and large organizations in Sweden. Apart from FIM, Kent is also well known within the community for his knowledge around Forefront TMG, Forefront UAG and PKI. Find out more by visiting his blog on http://konab.com.
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FIM CM permissions


Permissions for FIM CM are set in five different places, sometimes making it hard to troubleshoot permission errors. On the other hand, the granular permission model makes it possible for a granular policy to be defined.

If, for example, you have a policy that managers in the USA should only be able to issue Smart Cards for consultants in the USA but not in Europe, you can do so.

Service Connection Point

The Service Connection Point , SCP, permissions determine whether a user is assigned a management role in the FIM CM deployment.

When you run the configuration wizard, the SCP is decided but the default is the one shown in the following figure:

If a user is assigned any of the FIM CM permissions available on the SCP, the administrative view of the FIM CM portal will be shown.

The FIM CM permissions are defined on Microsoft Technet, http://aka.ms/FIMCMPermissions. For your convenience, I have copied parts of the following information:

  • FIM CM Audit: Generates and displays FIM...

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Kent Nordstrom

Kent Nordström wrote his first lines of code in the late 70s so he's been working with IT for quite some time now. When Microsoft released its Windows 2000 operating system he started a close relationship with them that has continued since. For many years Kent has been working part time as a sub-contractor to Microsoft Consulting Services and has been doing many of the implementations of FIM and its predecessors for multinational companies and large organizations in Sweden. Apart from FIM, Kent is also well known within the community for his knowledge around Forefront TMG, Forefront UAG and PKI. Find out more by visiting his blog on http://konab.com.
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