darrenjrobinson – Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Enterprise Microsoft and SailPoint Identity & Access Management Architect
As an Identity Management consultant if I had a $1 for every time I’ve been asked “what is user x’s current status in IDAM”, “is user x active?”, “does user x have an account in y?”, “what is user x’s primary email address?”,… keep reading
I have a customer that is looking to report on FIM/MIM identity information. The reports they are looking for aren’t overly complex and don’t necessarily justify the need the full FIM/MIM reporting infrastructure. So I spent a few hours over a couple of days looking at alternatives.… keep reading
There is no denying that 2020/2021 has been a roller-coaster of a year. We are now 16 months into a global pandemic. That said, July is the annual Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) renewal process which has just been completed.… keep reading
Last year I wrote Lithnet Microsoft Identity Manager plug-ins for PoshBot. After publishing those I developed the majority of a PoshBot plugin to enable ChatOps for Azure Active Directory. Finally with a little more bandwidth at the start of 2020 I’ve been able to put the finishing touches on the module and release it.… keep reading
Jan 28, 2020 Also see ChatOps for Azure Active Directory
A Bot or ChatOps for Microsoft Identity Manager is something I’ve had in the back of my mind for just over two years. More recently last year I did build the Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager as a submission for an IoT Hackathon.… keep reading
On a Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 SP1 Server running the Add-PSSnapin MIIS.MA.Config PowerShell snap-in throws the error
Add-PSSnapin : Cannot load Windows PowerShell snap-in MIIS.MA.Config because of the following error: The Windows PowerShell snap-in module C:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager\2010\Synchronization Service\UIShell\Microsoft.DirectoryServices.MetadirectoryServices.Config.dll… keep reading
Infrastructure-as-a-Service has provided the ability to quickly deploy hosts in Cloud environments such as Azure. However the certificate that comes with the host isn’t ready for Web Services. I hadn’t had to do this for quite some time and it came to my realisation again that whilst there are a few guides available they are for different scenarios than what I require.… keep reading
Hackathons are something I’ve been an onlooker of for a number of years, but not something I ever thought I would be a part of. Historically because they were typically run over a few days and were more developer focussed.
However more recently I’ve noticed an increasing number of online hackathons that are run over 2-3 months.… keep reading
During December 2018 – February 2019 Microsoft have run an online Microsoft Graph Security Hackathon on Devpost.
The criteria of the hackathon was;
Following the announcement of the Hackathon I was encouraged by Kloud management to enter. … keep reading
This page summarizes the posts I’ve made relating to Microsoft / Forefront Identity Manager. Mostly posts associated with troubleshooting installation and configuration and bespoke management agents that I’ve developed using the Granfeldt PowerShell Management Agent.
This post details how to install, configure and use the Lithnet.PoshBot… keep reading