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 about GRC at some point in th... (more)

OK, I admit it, when I solve a particularly confounding problem, I like to get up, proclaim “Victory Lap!” and walk around in a small circle (Sometimes two for bigger problems). I think it's important to celebrate development successes particularly when they result in helping to ... (more)

There are two items of general NetWeaver Identity Managementmaintenance that I get asked about frequently.How do you prevent deadlocks    What is the best way to configure my dispatchersin IDM?All too often these issues are actually related asinefficient dispatcher setup can caus... (more)

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 screenshot... (more)

I mentioned in a previous posting that SAP NetWeaver Identity Management has been called too complicated. I've even heard some people referring to it as the Gordian knot of IT Security. Well, anyone can "hack" through the knot, but smart people find a way to untangle it. New vers... (more)

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 search.  I was recently passed this information that you might find helpful...There is a noiseword (2005)/s... (more)

I'm always happy to see that IdM is gaining acceptance from customers and the Industry in general. In a list of The 10 sexiest Microsoft business teases for 2012 from ZD.NET by Mary Jo Foley, Identity Management finally makes the list, coming in at number 5. Glad that IdM is fina... (more)

Iwas having an extended email conversation with some peers about some issuesthey were experiencing with Pending Value Objects in SAP NetWeaver IdentityManagement. Now for sure, I’ve never been a fan, but I monitored theconversation because you never know when you might learn some... (more)

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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 necessarily a bad thing, but when Ilooked at the back end ... (more)

Based on what I’ve been hearing from the SAP NetWeaverIdentity Management Community there have been some grumbles about the Complexityand Functionality in NW IDM. This is not going to be a slam on SAP, sincealmost everybody recognizes that IDM has improved immeasurably since ther... (more)

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 sto... (more)

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 also a slew of new and updated documentation available for the new product. I'm anxious to try it out.  Looks ... (more)

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 SDN, and the new documents that can be found on the main NW IDM page. However there is a lot that goes o... (more)

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 of editing a copy of mxmc-install that b... (more)

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 and got a good answer: This happens where ... (more)

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.i... (more)

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 interfaces, increased dispatcher tuning, addi... (more)

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 bit of NetWeaver Identity Management functiona... (more)

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 some official announcements this week. St... (more)