Quick Tip: Get local time for next AzureAD Sync

When you run the command

You get an output similar to AllowedSyncCycleInterval : 00:30:00 CurrentlyEffectiveSyncCycleInterval : 01:00:00 CustomizedSyncCycleInterval : 01:00:00 NextSyncCyclePolicyType : Delta NextSyncCycleStartTimeInUTC : 18/05/2017 10:55:42 PM PurgeRunHistoryInterval : 7.00:00:00 SyncCycleEnabled : True MaintenanceEnabled : True StagingModeEnabled : False SchedulerSuspended : False SyncCycleInProgress : False You will notice that the time is in … Read more

FIM/MIM Powershell: XPath Demystified

I have been promising to get this post out there.. So here it is.. If you make extensive use of Lithnet ResourceManagement Powershell for MIM/FIM (You should if you don’t) you will probably be using the cmdlets “Search-Resources” or “Search-ResourcesPaged” which require an “-XPATH” input. Now my xpath is real bad in for a complicated search. Thankfully … Read more

Migrating Lost Identities from AD to MIM

Setting up a new identity system from scratch is so easy.. but we know that kinda never happens… we are always migrating from an old system to new or changing an existing system due to business changes. We went through the same process whereby we went from an OpenLDAP (ODSEE) being our primary source to … Read more

FIMService: Convert Static Group to Dynamic

Following from my previous post on how to create a group with both static members and dynamic filter, I came across a scenario where post migration we have some customers who initially had a group with explicit members but we thought they could be converted to a filter based group which matches the business case. … Read more

Groups with Static and Dynamic Members in FIMService

We had a business case whereby a filter couldn’t really create groups which catered for the purpose. We also needed to put in some static members (Explicit Members) in it. Now by default a /Group in FIMService can either be Explicit or a Filter type group. But a Set allows you to have an explicit as … Read more