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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

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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Understanding the portal and UI


Let's look at the basic structure of the portal:

The layout of the MIM portal is broken up into five major sections, as follows:

  • The banner and logo (1): This section is typically where you would put your own company branded logo. Note that on the left-hand side, there is a Microsoft Identity Manager image, and on the right-hand side panel, it is grayed out, indicating that it too can be configured. In the administration portal configuration section of the site, you will see the branding left and right image settings along with other configuration items, such as caching and the global time zone setting.

  • The navigation bar (2): This section is the vertical menu on the left-hand side and is controlled by navigation bar resources. We will configure the navigation bar later on and take a look at how we can affect this view:

    If we look at this area, we will see that Distribution Groups (DGs) is a parent item and My DG Memberships and My DGs are both child items,...

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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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