Recovering from USB device driver is still in memory / USB Composite Device has error (Code 38)

Something you don’t often think about is how many devices you plug into your computer …….. until you plug-in a device and it doesn’t show up or interact as expected. This post details how I recovered from such a situation so I can find it next time, and hopefully it also helps others recover quickly, rather than the numerous dead-ends I went through to fix the problem.… keep reading

Configuring the Lithnet REST API for the FIM/MIM Service post MIM Version 4.4.x.x

Last year I wrote this post on installing and configuring the Lithnet REST API for the FIM/MIM Service and integrating it with Azure API Management.

This week on a fresh installation of Microsoft Identity Manager with SP1 I was installing the Lithnet REST API for the FIM/MIM Service and was getting errors from the WCF Web Service finding the correct version of the Microsoft.ResourceManagement.dllkeep reading

Lithnet Password Protection for Active Directory

Lithnet Password Protection for Active Directory

Today Ryan Newington released the latest Open Source project from Lithnet; Lithnet Password Protection for Active Directory.

I’ve posted extensively about leveraging Lithnet services in conjunction with Microsoft Identity Manager. In fact many of the solutions I’ve built for customers just wouldn’t be as functional without Ryan’s extensive contributions to the Microsoft Identity Management community under the Lithnet brand.… keep reading

Managing SailPoint IdentityNow Tasks with PowerShell

Sailpoint IdentityNow Tasks via API using PowerShell
Update: Oct 2019. IdentityNow Tasks can be easily managed using the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module.

In SailPoint IdentityNow when using the Request Center, tasks are created for activities that are not able to be automatically (directly) fulfilled. Essentially completion of the request requires someone to do something, then return to the IdentityNow Portal and flag the Task as complete.… keep reading