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Published inJul 2016
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David Steadman
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David Steadman

David Steadman has been an IT industry influencer and dedicated husband for more than 17 years. He has held prestigious positions at some of the world's most innovative technology companies, including his service as a senior escalation engineer within the identity platform at, possibly, the most famous tech company on the planet, Microsoft. He is an entrepreneur, active learner, and a man constantly looking to develop and expand new skills in order to leverage the technology of the future. When not at his job, David enjoys family time and coaching soccer.
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Jeff Ingalls
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Jeff Ingalls

Jeff Ingalls is a husband, father, and cancer-surviving dyslexic who works out of his Ohio home office in identity and access management. Jeff has been working with Microsoft technologies for over 20 years and with the Microsoft identity software since its conception in 2003. He has provided solutions to various private and public sectors including automotive, DoD, education, health and services, small businesses, and state and local government. He enjoys learning, teaching, and learning some more. Jeff has a graduate degree in information technology and an undergraduate degree in mathematics. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, and reading non-fiction. You can reach him at jeff@ingallsdesigns.com.
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If a Management Agent is taking longer to complete its run operation, there are few things to consider. If you have a delay in an export or import operation, there could be a problem with the source system or network. Initial investigations for longer-than-expected synchronizations should determine whether a large number of groups is being synchronized, whether non-indexed attributes are being used as joins, or whether there are SQL Server performance problems.

If the MIM portal takes a long time to respond or times out while performing a "contains" search, it could be because the full-text search catalog needs to be rebuilt. Start SQL Management Studio and click on Databases | FIMService | Storage | Full Text Catalogs. Right-click on ftCatalog and select Rebuild:

If your portal's search performance is slow for "non-contain" searches, then you may need to rebuild the indexes and update the statistics of the service database. The following query can be used to determine...

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Authors (2)

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David Steadman

David Steadman has been an IT industry influencer and dedicated husband for more than 17 years. He has held prestigious positions at some of the world's most innovative technology companies, including his service as a senior escalation engineer within the identity platform at, possibly, the most famous tech company on the planet, Microsoft. He is an entrepreneur, active learner, and a man constantly looking to develop and expand new skills in order to leverage the technology of the future. When not at his job, David enjoys family time and coaching soccer.
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Jeff Ingalls

Jeff Ingalls is a husband, father, and cancer-surviving dyslexic who works out of his Ohio home office in identity and access management. Jeff has been working with Microsoft technologies for over 20 years and with the Microsoft identity software since its conception in 2003. He has provided solutions to various private and public sectors including automotive, DoD, education, health and services, small businesses, and state and local government. He enjoys learning, teaching, and learning some more. Jeff has a graduate degree in information technology and an undergraduate degree in mathematics. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, and reading non-fiction. You can reach him at jeff@ingallsdesigns.com.
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