Set-MIISFIMMAConfiguration

Gotta love the discoverability of PowerShell.  It is so easy to find out what the platform can do for you, all without looking at the documentation.

Today I was importing a FIM Sync configuration using the trusty MIIS.MA.Config PowerShell snap-in (that has been around since ILM 2007, and still works with FIM despite the legacy name!).  I tend to press TAB instead of typing full command names in PowerShell, and this morning I pressed TAB too many times and to my surprise there was a new command!

This new cmdlet allows scripted configuration of a FIM MA, including setting the password.  This is one of the new things that I had not been automating in my deployments, and now I can get to 100% automation for more scenarios.

AWESOME!

BTW – I assume this cmdlet is only in the R2 version of the snap-in. 

NAME     Set-MIISFIMMAConfiguration     SYNOPSIS     SYNTAX     Set-MIISFIMMAConfiguration [-AuthenticationMode <String>] -Credentials <PSCredential> [-DatabaseName <String>] [-Da     tabaseServer <String>] [-FIMServiceBaseAddress <String>] [-MAName] <String> [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-W     arningVariable <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]       DESCRIPTION  PARAMETERS     -AuthenticationMode <String>         The authentication mode for the FIM service database connection.                 Required?                    false         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -Credentials <PSCredential>         Credentials for authenticating with the FIMService database.                 Required?                    true         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -DatabaseName <String>         The FIM Service database name.                 Required?                    false         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -DatabaseServer <String>         The FIM Service database server.                 Required?                    false         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -FIMServiceBaseAddress <String>         The FIM service base uri.                 Required?                    false         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -MAName <String>         The name of the management agent to update. Get this name from the MIIS tool.                 Required?                    true         Position?                    1         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -WarningAction <ActionPreference>                      Required?                    false         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -WarningVariable <String>                       Required?                    false         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -WhatIf                      Required?                    false         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             -Confirm                        Required?                    false         Position?                    named         Default value                        Accept pipeline input?       false         Accept wildcard characters?  false             <CommonParameters>         This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,         ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,         OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,         "get-help about_commonparameters".     INPUTS       OUTPUTS       NOTES          --------------  EXAMPLE 1 --------------         C:\PS>set-MIISFIMMAConfiguration -AuthenticationMode integrated -Credentials <credential object> -DatabaseName FIMS     ervice -DatabaseServer localhost -FIMServiceBaseAddress http://localhost:5725 -MAName "Fabrikam FIM MA"            Configures the FIM MA database connection info and FIM service URI.       RELATED LINKS

FIM PowerShell Modules Released

Recently I delivered a workshop at The Experts Conference in San Diego.  The delivery lasted four hours, all involved are healthy and the proud recipients of some PowerShell modules.  The modules are now released on CodePlex:

FimPowerShellModule.CodePlex.com

The star of the show is really the FIM Service module.  It depends heavily on the FimAutomation PowerShell Snap-In which ships with FIM.  This buys the module a nice support story since the cmdlets in that snap-in are released and supported by Microsoft.  While the cmdlets are intended for configuration migration, the functions in the module demonstrate that they can also be used to accomplish CRUD operations against the FIM Service, and be combined for simple yet powerful automation scenarios in FIM.

Everybody using FIM should be doing automation like this, and I hope the modules illustrate how PowerShell amplifies skill sets and extends the reach and extensibility of products like FIM.

If you like the module then please file a review on CodePlex.  If you don’t like the module, then maybe skip the review and instead please file bugs for any issues you find.  Happy automating!