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Kent Nordstrom
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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Verifying the SCSM setup


I usually start by looking at the SCSM Management Console and verify that the FIM settings are there. In Chapter 3, Installation, I showed you how to install the SCSM infrastructure. If you have an existing SCSM 2010 deployment that you are using, don't forget the post-installation step to run the FIM Post Install scripts for data warehouse.

On the FIM Service server, where you have installed the FIM Reporting feature, start the System Center Service Manager console. It will ask you to connect to your SCSM Management Server:

What usually happens (but not all the time) is that you will find that the Reporting node is missing in the navigation pane, as shown in the following screenshot:

Don't worry! It just takes some time. On occasion, you might also need to restart the SCSM Management console for it to appear. I have not yet figured out what causes this issue. A few forums on the Internet are debating the cause, but so far no clear answer can be found.

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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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