Matthew Pollicove

A long time ago when I first started working with MaXware Identity Center, I had to pass a hands-on test to demonstrate my proficiency with Identity Center and Virtual Directory. The part of this whole exam that scared me the most was provisioning to Microsoft Exchange.  Long story short, I aced the exam and successfully provisioned to all of my target systems including Exchange. Recently I was asked to set up provisioning to Microsoft Exchange 2010 specifically via PowerShell. So I got to earn a little education along the way. To start with there are a few pre-requisites that you need: Ensure 64 bit PowerShell 2.0 is installed on the server Ensure that the Exchange 2010 Console is installed on the server There are a few steps that I'm going to skip along the way mostly because they deal more with PowerShell scripting than Identity Management. You'll need to create ... (more)

Tutorial Follow up

One thing that I forgot to mention in my last post was about the content of the tutorials. When you take a look at them you're going to notice two things. First off they are incredibly detailed and easy to follow.  If you've just come off of training, there's plenty of screenshots showing you how IDM should be configured which is great if you're learning something new (or seeing how it's been updated since last version) If you're more familiar with IDM, the tutorials are great too.  They're all based on real life scenarios which you'll need to implement in your organization's  ID... (more)

Dispatcher Errors

Recently when working on a new QA system based on a copy of the PROD database when I encountered an error that I had never seen before when starting up the first dispatcher. I highlighted it below: Running MxDispatcher_d1. [21.09.2011 18:37:19-539] - Initialized log for com.sap.idm.ic.services.api.MXMCApi. Log level is Debug MxDispatcher version: 7.10.5.2 Built: 07.06.2011 16:20:24 (c) Copyright 2008 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Java VM: Sun Microsystems Inc.   Version: 1.5.0_22 Java home: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.5.0_22\jre Java lib/ext: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.5.0_22... (more)

Setting the Driver Straight

I've been working on setting up a new environment for SAP IDM 7.1 SP5 (yes I know 6 is available). This installation is notable for me since I am configuring it around: Windows Server 2008R2 64Bit Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2 64Bit So it's my first pure 64-bit system.  I'm pretty excited. I got the OS installed no problem.  I got SQL installed. (I have to say, 2008R2 is probably the smoothest SQL install I've done since SQL Server 7.  Very much a fan.) I got the IDM DesignTime and Runtime installs completed with no problems. I installed Java 1.6 and installed the 3.0 SQL Server dri... (more)

Upcoming Events

I am very excited to announce that I will be at this year's TechEd in Las Vegas, NV.  Looks like I have a pretty filled week of learning all about the new 7.2 version (maybe we'll get a release date!), along with Best Practices, Troubleshooting tips and other good stuff. I also plan on taking part in a couple of other sessions on NetWeaver BASIS, REST Programming and GRC. I plan on reporting from the event as I did last year, and maybe even a Tweet or two. Should be a great week.  If you're going to be at TechEd this year, post a comment or contact directly, let's plan a meet-up! ... (more)