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Identity Manager and Powershell

It is year 2016 and Identity Manager looks like it did in 2010 when Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) was released. Who came up with the name and added it to the Forefront portfolio anyway, crazy stuff. As you probably know, looks can be deceiving. Even if MIM looks the same and run basically the same features, it is still a powerful state machine. I have been buzy collecting scripts and tools I have used the last couple of years and have started on 2 Powershell modules for MIM. This post is just a brief introduction to the module and the plans for the future. Why create a module Wait a minute. Does not  Identity Manager  come with a Powershell module? No, it comes with a Powershell snap-in from 2010. Back in those days Snap-ins where the cool kids on the block and everybody created snap-ins for things that should be created as a module. I blame  Powershell  version 1.0, however they fixed that in Powershell version 2.0, I think. I use the snap-in as a nested module and have crea