Tag Archives: coding

Just in time–debugging

I’ve recently rebuilt a development environment – replacing my older Windows 2008 FIM R2 rig with a Windows 2012 MIM and hit an odd problem when trying to trigger the just in time debugger from within my code. Normally to … Continue reading

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Adding PCNS to an ECMA2.0

One of my favourite tools that comes with working at Oxford Computer Group is an ECMA2 called the “delta generator” – at it’s simplest it’s a faster version of the FIM SQL management agent, but it’s got a few extra … Continue reading

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ECMA 2.0 – Changing Capabilities

I’m working on a project at the moment that requires an MA that writes out it’s major operations (Add, Update, Delete) into separate CSV files – in theory this should be a fairly straight forward Export Only ECMA 2.0 to … Continue reading

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E_MMS_SCHEMA_CLASS_NOT_FOUND

I was helping a colleague work on a deployment this week and we needed to change the attribute in the target system we were working on. Naturally there was a rule extension in place that needed updating as well so … Continue reading

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Working with FIM Exports

We’ve all been there – you run one little export-fimconfig cmdlet and next thing you know you’ve got a ton of data to process – and given the number of cross links between the different FIM objects you know it’s … Continue reading

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Use PowerShell to make results intelligible

The get-msoluser cmdlet is there for retrieving information about the user accounts within an Office365 tenancy – but it can be a little verbose – which is where the rest of PowerShell kicks into gear and through the magic of … Continue reading

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Nested Objects in Powershell

I’m currently working on automating some activities for an Office365 deployment, and am making use of powershell cmdlets driven through c# – this works a treat most of the time, and aside from a few oddities (usually down to an … Continue reading

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