During the development of an identity management solution I find myself with multiple PowerShell/RDP sessions connected to multiple environments using different credentials often to obtain trivial data/information. It is easy to trip yourself up as well with remote PowerShell sessions to differing environments.… keep reading
How to create an Azure Function App to Simultaneously Start|Stop all Virtual Machines in a Resource Group
Just on a year ago I wrote this blog post that detailed a method to “Simultaneously Start|Stop all Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machines in a Resource Group”. It’s a simple script that I use quite a lot and I’ve received a lot of positive feedback on it.… keep reading
Resolving “The Microsoft Identity Manager server database could not be successfully populated” installation error
Here is yet another of those Microsoft Identity Manager installation errors that doesn’t give you much information and when looking for a resolution you can’t find an exact match through Dr Google.
Nearing the end of the Microsoft Identity Manager Service and Portal installation you receive theĀ “The Microsoft Identity Manager server database could not be successfully populated” error.… keep reading
Microsoft Identity Manager installation error “Internal Error 2337. 0, Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.host.dll”
Today I was doing a fresh installation of Microsoft Identity Manger 2016 with Service Pack 1 into a new development environment. The exact binary is “en_microsoft_identity_manager_2016_with_service_pack_1_x64_dvd_9270854”
Not too far into the installation of the Microsoft Identity Manager Synchronization Server I got the “Internal Error 2337.… keep reading
How to use a Powershell Azure Function to Tweet IoT environment data
Overview
This blog postĀ details how to use a Powershell Azure Function App to get information from a RestAPI and send a social media update.
The data can come from anywhere, and in the case of this example I’m getting the data from WioLink IoT Sensors.… keep reading
How to use a Powershell Azure Function App to get RestAPI IoT data into Power BI for Visualization
Overview
This blog post detailsĀ using a Powershell Azure Function App to get IoT data from a RestAPI and update a table in Power BI with that data for visualization.
The data can come from anywhere, howeverĀ in the case of this post I’m getting the data from WioLink IoT Sensors.… keep reading
Using an Azure Function to search the FIM/MIM Metaverse, create a Set and update the Set membership in the the FIM/MIM Service
Introduction
This is the third and last post in this series of integrating Microsoft Identity Manager with Azure Functions.
The first detailed how to use an Azure Function to retrieve data from the MIM Service Server. The second detailed how to use an Azure Function to retrieve data from the MIM Sync (Metaverse) Server.… keep reading
Remotely managing your FIM/MIM Synchronisation Server using Powershell and the Lithnet MIIS Automation Powershell Module
Background
I’ve been using Ryan’s Lithnet MIIS Automation Powershell Module for a few months now as you’ve likely seen from some of my blog posts.
The module and its installer direct you to install the module on your FIM/MIM Synchronisation Server.… keep reading
Using Azure Functions with the Lithnet MIIS Automation Powershell Module to query your Microsoft Identity Manager Metaverse
This is the 2nd blog continuing on from this post which is an introduction to using Azure Functions with the Lithnet FIM/MIM Powershell Modules. If you haven’t read that one please do so to get up to speed before this one as it has more detail around the setup.… keep reading
Microsoft Identity Manager Service and Portal Setup Wizard ended prematurely
Last week I was installing the Microsoft Identity Manager Service and Portal on a relatively fresh build of a Windows 2012R2 Server that also included an automated installation of SharePoint Server 2013 w/ SP1.
After going through all the installation configuration options and having the installation start I got the extremely helpful “Setup Wizard ended prematurely” error message.… keep reading