By Matthew Pollicove My current project has me working with IDM 7.2 and GRC 10.0which has kept me quite busy lately. However, I did want to take a little bitof time to discuss NetWeaver IDM 7.2 SP4, which we need to install into our projectenvironments. I do plan to talk Apr. 15, 2012 09:30 PM EDT |
By Matthew Pollicove  Okay, I admit it, when I solve a particularly confoundingproblem, I like to get up, proclaim “Victory Lap!” and walk around in a smallcircle (Sometimes two for bigger problems). I think it's important to celebratedevelopment successes particularly when they result in helping to really ... Mar. 19, 2012 11:59 AM EDT Reads: 722 |
By Matthew Pollicove There are two items of general NetWeaver Identity Managementmaintenance that I get asked about frequently.How do you prevent deadlocks Jan. 30, 2012 11:20 AM EST Reads: 548 |
By Matthew Pollicove 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 Jan. 15, 2012 11:03 PM EST |
By Matthew Pollicove Jan. 13, 2012 03:24 PM EST Reads: 128 |
By Matthew Pollicove If you are using Fulltext search with a SQL Server implementation of IDM, be advised that there is a new installation guide that contains updated information about Fulltext Jan. 10, 2012 08:54 PM EST Reads: 121 |
By Matthew Pollicove I'm always happy to see that IdM is gaining acceptance from customers and the Industry in general. In a list of Jan. 2, 2012 08:43 PM EST Reads: 256 |
By Matthew Pollicove Iwas having an extended email conversation with some peers about some issuesthey were experiencing with Pending Value Objects in SAP Dec. 13, 2011 07:59 PM EST Reads: 213 |
By Matthew Pollicove Dec. 6, 2011 03:33 PM EST Reads: 214 |
By Matthew Pollicove I was recently asked to take a look at an architecture in use by a client. As I started the analysis, Inoticed that there was a high reliance on Web Services for communicating databetween systems. Now Web Services are not Dec. 1, 2011 05:24 PM EST Reads: 136 |
By Matthew Pollicove Based on Nov. 30, 2011 11:03 AM EST Reads: 169 |
By 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 sho... Nov. 18, 2011 04:15 PM EST Reads: 1,430 |
By Matthew Pollicove If you've checked the SDN Marketplace lately, you'll notice that NetWeaver Identity Management 7.2 has finally come out of Ramp-up and into General Availability! There's Nov. 4, 2011 04:43 PM EDT Reads: 147 |
By Matthew Pollicove I do a lot of research to keep up with the goings on in the Identity Management world. A lot of it is based on the goings on with SAP NetWeaver Identity Management, monitoring Oct. 25, 2011 09:37 PM EDT Reads: 103 |
By Matthew Pollicove There's a known issue where the database does not install correctly from the mxmc-install batch file. There seems to be a problem with the vbscripts that transports the passwords the script to the database server.I've taken the liberty here Oct. 18, 2011 09:57 PM EDT Reads: 235 |
By Matthew Pollicove Have you ever noticed when looking at the Job Log of a To/From LDAP task that the HTML and XML views of the log are empty, but the text views works fine? I know I have and it bugged the $#@* out of me.I asked around at TechEd about this Sep. 26, 2011 07:20 PM EDT Reads: 208 |
By Matthew Pollicove 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: Sep. 24, 2011 04:36 PM EDT Reads: 1,728 |
By Matthew Pollicove What can I say? The last two days of TechEd completely blew me away!I started off by seeing a demo of the latest version of NetWeaver Identity management (7.2). Not even sure where to start! Role and Privilege Contexts, more on RESTful Sep. 17, 2011 08:27 PM EDT Reads: 249 |
By Matthew Pollicove Some great sessions on the RESTful interface and integrating with SAP BW.It looks like NW IDM 7.2 is going to have some really killer features. From the looks of the RESTful interface presentation, it will be possible to have quite a Sep. 15, 2011 04:57 PM EDT Reads: 151 |
By Matthew Pollicove Time for a new series of TechEd Reports. Had a great time Sunday night meeting up with a bunch of folks from IDM, SSO, and SAP Security. Interesting conversation about some new features coming out in the near future. Hopefully we'll get Sep. 13, 2011 08:09 PM EDT Reads: 201 |
By Matthew Pollicove  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.
So it's my first pure 64 Bit system. I'm pretty excited. So I got the OS installed no problem. Got SQL installed.... Sep. 12, 2011 11:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,065 |
By Matthew Pollicove 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 Aug. 12, 2011 11:08 AM EDT Reads: 153 |
By Matthew Pollicove I think it's a given that Oracle's Identity Manager has been the 600 pound Gorilla in the provisioning space over the last few years. From what I've been seeing, Microsoft's FIM and a resurgence of SAP Netweaver Identity Management will Aug. 2, 2011 10:55 PM EDT Reads: 2,670 |
By Matthew Pollicove This title applies to more than one aspect of my Identity Management life these days. I've been very busy which accounts for the lack of blog entries lately. It's not that I don't have what to write about. It's more about finding the Jul. 28, 2011 04:43 PM EDT Reads: 141 |
By Matthew Pollicove An ugly issue came up not too long ago on my project. We were seeing the error messages referencing an mxmc_admin based connection string as mentioned in Jul. 26, 2011 10:41 AM EDT Reads: 136 |
By Matthew Pollicove The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. Jun. 13, 2011 07:46 PM EDT Reads: 158 |
By Matthew Pollicove Ok, I won't make this all about the problems with the MMC Console. We all know what they are. However, one thing that's always ticked me off is navigating through a long list of attributes or scripts. If that list gets to be too long, it Jun. 10, 2011 11:40 AM EDT Reads: 183 |
By Matthew Pollicove Jun. 7, 2011 10:01 PM EDT Reads: 195 |
By Matthew Pollicove On the project I just wrapped up, we realized that we would need additional runtime dispatchers for load balancing. After taking a quick look at the environment, I realized that I did not have any current documentation on installing a remote dispatcher, May. 8, 2011 09:48 PM EDT Reads: 912 |
By Matthew Pollicove Over the years, I have begun to build up a small library of useful queries and query techniques, some of which I have shared in past posts.Probably my most frequently used query is actually a two parter, the first part is pretty May. 2, 2011 08:58 PM EDT Reads: 163 |
By Matthew Pollicove Enterprise projects require Enterprise tools. We all know this. There's no way you're running an Identity Management system in an Enterprise Environment on Microsoft Access (No insult intended, Microsoft!)By the same token, Enterprise May. 1, 2011 09:26 PM EDT Reads: 145 |
By Matthew Pollicove Recently, I had an interesting problem presented to me today that I was able to solve using a seldom used piece of IDM functionality.The project I am working on had a requirement to read some information in from Active Directory and write it Apr. 27, 2011 07:30 PM EDT Reads: 241 |
By Matthew Pollicove Ok, now I really want to work with 7.2!The REST interface is now available. Using REST and JSON it is now possible for users to create their own interfaces. Hopefully I'll be able to start learning more about this soon. Apr. 21, 2011 09:01 AM EDT Reads: 138 |
By Matthew Pollicove For a process that is supposed to be all about promoting access, NW IDM certainly has enough ways to prohibit access to the system.We recently enabled Anonymous Password reset and had a user that just could not authenticate. No matter Apr. 13, 2011 02:58 PM EDT Reads: 183 |
By Matthew Pollicove Ahhh, to experience the joys of designing and implementing an Identity Management solution. It doesn't matter how many bugs you quash, what desired impossible functionality Apr. 1, 2011 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 155 |
By Matthew Pollicove Now on to a different troubleshooting tip. Feb. 24, 2011 10:55 AM EST Reads: 156 |
By Matthew Pollicove  Recently had a problem where Import/Export was not working. I kept getting an interesting Error Message.
What was really interesting about this was the user that was referenced, mxmc_admin. Now this is interesting, because during the Identity Store creation process, you are prompted... Feb. 23, 2011 03:19 PM EST Reads: 2,653 |
By Matthew Pollicove Interesting post on SAP's IDM Blog. Basically. the author is stating that if you want to plan your SAP implementation in a strategic manner, you must use IDM and not CUA Feb. 22, 2011 05:17 PM EST Reads: 252 |
By Matthew Pollicove I love making mistakes. It's probably the best teacher in this world of Identity Management. In honor of that (and before the technical content, some thoughts on making mistakes: Feb. 3, 2011 04:41 PM EST Reads: 174 |
By Matthew Pollicove I was quite happy to discover a new person blogging on SAP's NetWeaver Identity Management. Ian Daniel, of Adventures in SAP IdM. Of course in Ian's Feb. 1, 2011 09:12 PM EST Reads: 979 |
Matt Pollicove is an Identity Management architect, engineer, trainer, project manager, author and blogger with experience in user account provisioning, data synchronization, virtual directory and password management solutions. As a MaXware Technical Consultant and later as a System Engineer, he worked extensively with MaXware (now SAP) software products in large customer environments.
In the past Matt has worked with several leading national and international consulting firms and is currently a Sr. Principal Consultant for Commercium Technologies. He is currently the Practice Lead for SAP NetWeaver Identity Management and SailPoint IIQ.
