Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series v1.4 Release Notes
June 22, 2006
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Version 1.4 of the Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series updates the content to reflect some of the developments that have occurred since the Series was first published. Changes include:
Unresolved Issues and Resolutions
I. Error installing the Identity and Access Management Series Tools and Templates .msi File
By default, Identity and Access Management Tools and Templates.msi installs into the current user's My Documents folder, under C:\Documents and Settings\Username (the %UserProfile% system variable). Using this installation path removes the requirement for the person running the installation file to be a member of the Administrators group.
If the %UserProfile% variable is too long (for example, with a long user name and long domain name as part of the variable), then it is possible for the subdirectories of the Identity and Access Management Tools and Templates to exceed the maximum permitted path length of 260 characters. If this happens, the installation routine displays a message similar to the following:
"The cabinet file '_3DD40A99E1C26C3CF44F5144592F787C' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package."
Clicking the Try Again button simply redisplays the same message.
To install the package, carry out the following steps:
II. Account settings in Provisioning and Workflow paper
The Provisioning and Workflow Paper requires slightly different security settings from the previous papers. To ensure that MIIS can communicate correctly with the Intranet and Extranet Active Directory instances, please carry out the following checks:
a) Verify that the Intranet Active Directory Management Agent's service
account MIISADIntranet is added to the Domain Admins group of the
na.corp.contoso.com domain.
b) Verify that the Extranet Active Directory Management Agent's service
account MIISADExtranet is added to the Domain Admins group of the
perimeter.contoso.com domain.
III. Date/Time formats and Character Set configurations for SQL in the Provisioning and Workflow paper
This solution was developed and tested only to support US-English character sets and data formats. In order to provide support for different date/time formats or character sets, it may be necessary to change several settings:
The date/time errors may occur when the regional date/time format configured on the local system differs from the date/time format configured for SQL login settings in Enterprise Manager. If the time on the local system is configured for a format that is not US-English, for example, 31 August 2005, then when the code tries to modify this in SQL through an update statement, SQL will reject the update.
To avoid errors of this nature, it is necessary to change the SQL login for the user to match the regional settings used on the host system(s). For example, if the date format on the local host system is configured to English (United Kingdom), then the SQL login settings need to be configured to the same format.
After making a change to the SQL login configuration settings, it may be necessary to reboot the system in order for these new settings to take effect.
For more information regarding SQL Server logins, please refer to Creating SQL Server Logins at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=68047.
It may be necessary to create clauses and group names that use non-US-English characters. In order to store these characters correctly within the database, it may be necessary to create tables with a different collation. A table can be created with a different collation by modifying the GroupPopulatorDB.sql file that accompanies the solution. Modify this file to specify a collation that is different from the default (which is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS) that is specific to the language whose characters you require within the group management solution.
For more information regarding collation options see Collation Options for International Support at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=68050.
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