You can use this roadmap to discover the documentation that is available for Microsoft® Forefront® Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 and Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager Certificate Management (FIM CM).
The following section explains how the documentation types for FIM are categorized.
For further detailed guidance, see the following sections:
FIM Documentation Types
The documentation for FIM and Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager Certificate Management (FIM CM) is structured in the following categories:
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Planning and Architecture
Documents in this category help with analyzing and planning your hardware and topology needs for a deployment of FIM.
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Technical Concepts
These documents explain the fundamental concepts for understanding individual features in FIM before you implement or test a feature.
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Getting Started
Use these guides to test individual features of FIM in a lab environment so that you can observe how they work and what they do.
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Deployment
Building on the Technical Concepts and Getting Started guides, these documents walk you through the steps for implementing FIM for a given scenario.
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Operations
Documents in this category help with the ongoing maintenance and operation of a FIM deployment.
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Technical Reference
These guides provide reference material for FIM configurations.