The AD and HR (SQL Server) MA only give the synchronization engine the possibility of talking to these data sources. But in order for FIM to apply its logic to the data flow, we need to have the very special MA connecting FIM Synchronization Service to FIM Service.
Even if you implement it like almost any other MA, you will soon find out that this is not a typical MA. In most cases, this will be the first MA we create.
I will walk you through the steps for creating the FIM Service MA, which are as follows:
Start FIM Synchronization Service Manager.
Select the Management Agents tool, and click Create in the Actions pane.
Select the FIM Service Management Agent option in the Management agent for: drop-down list:
Give the MA a descriptive name; at The Company we simply call it FIM Service:
As we are using SQL Aliases, we will use the alias server name dbFIMService:
The FIM Service MA will not only connect to the FIM Service Database, but also make calls to...
