Installing the FIM Add-ins and Extensions

Applies To: Forefront Identity Manager 2010

Installing the FIM Add-ins and Extensions

The FIM Add-ins and Extensions components consist of the FIM Add-in for Outlook and FIM Password Reset Extensions.

With FIM Add-in for Outlook, users can join or leave an e-mail-enabled group. In addition, owners and approvers can approve or reject a request of any type made from the FIM Portal or FIM 2010 Office Integration add-in component.

With Password Reset, users can reset their passwords by using an authentication gate from the native Windows logon screen. If users cannot remember their passwords, Password Reset takes the user through the process of gaining a new password.

To install the FIM Add-ins and Extensions

  1. Exit Office Outlook 2007, if it is running.

  2. Depending on the client computer’s architecture, on the FIM 2010 startup screen, click either the Install Add-ins and Extensions, 64 bit or the Install Add-ins and Extensions, 32 bit link.

  3. Run setup.exe, and then follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

  4. On the Custom Setup page, you are prompted for the applications that you want to install. The component FIM Password and Authentication extension installs the GINA/Credential provider and an ActiveX® control for Internet Explorer. On a 64-bit installation, an additional component is available, FIM Portal Authentication Extensions, that installs a 32-bit ActiveX control for Internet Explorer.

  5. On the Configure FIM Add-ins and Extensions page, in FIM Portal Server address, type the name or alias of the server that hosts the FIM Portal. Decided whether you plan to contact the FIM 2010 R2 Portal using http or https (recommended).

  6. In FIM Service service account e-mail address, type the e-mail address in SMTP format—that is, in a format similar to someone@example.com—of the FIM Service service account. Do not type the alias or display name of the account.

  7. On the Configure FIM Add-ins and Extensions page, in FIM Service Server address, type the name or alias of the server that hosts the FIM Service. If the Service and Portal components are installed on the same server, this will be the same value as on the previous page.

  8. On the Configure FIM Add-ins and Extensions page, in the SiteLock box, type all addresses that the users can use to access the FIM 2010 R2 Portal. For example, if users can access the server by using both myfimserver and myfimserver.microsoft.com, enter myfimserver;myfimserver.microsoft.com in this box. If you have FIM Portal and FIM Password Reset Portal on two different servers, enter both addresses in this box.

    Note

    This setting allows the ActiveX control that Password Reset uses to initialize without adding the FIM Portal site to the list of Trusted sites in Internet Explorer.

    Note

    It is assumed that the site will be in the Intranet Zone. The default Internet Explorer configuration is that the logon only is automatic in the Intranet Zone.

    If you are installing FIM Add-ins and Extensions on a computer running Windows Internet Explorer 7, you also have the option to add the sites specified in the previous box to be added to the list of Trusted sites as well.

    Important

    Internet Explorer 7 by default has protected mode on. An ActiveX control cannot contact any external resource unless the site is added to the list of Trusted sites. If you choose not to add the FIM Portal site at this time to the Trusted sites list, you can use another method.

    Note

    If you choose to add the sites to the Trusted sites list during this part of the setup, the sites are added to the Local Machine list of Trusted sites so that it can be used by all users on the server. Those sites are not displayed in Trusted sites in Internet Explorer. Those sites are also added to the pop-up blocked exception list.

  9. Click Install.

FIM Language Packs

FIM Service and Portal Language Pack

The FIM Service and Portal Language Pack install additional languages for the FIM Portal. The localized components are both additional SharePoint server solution packs and database upgrades. For this reason, the installation must be completed on every server.

Important

The installation of a language to the database cannot be undone. Before you install the Language Pack, ensure that you back up your database.

In this release of FIM 2010, nine additional languages are offered:

  • Chinese (Simplified)

  • Chinese (Traditional)

  • Dutch (Netherlands)

  • French (France)

  • German (Germany)

  • Italian (Italy)

  • Japanese (Japan)

  • Portuguese (Portugal)

  • Spanish (Spain)

To install the FIM Service and Portal Language Pack

  1. On the FIM 2010 startup screen, click the Download Server and Client Language Packs link.

  2. Extract the file, and then save it to a local directory.

  3. Run Setup.exe, and then follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

  4. On the Custom Setup page, you are prompted for the languages that you want to install. If you have separated the FIM Service from the FIM Portal, select only the features that are installed on this server.

  5. Click Install.

Note

The installation of the Language Pack takes a considerable amount of time. The completion bar goes to 95% completion almost immediately and then does not make any progress while the database is configured. This can take 10 minutes or longer per installed language.

View the FIM Portal in your selected language

To verify that the language pack has installed successfully and that you can now view the FIM Portal in your selected language, follow the steps below.

To view the FIM Portal in your selected language

  1. Log on to the FIM Portal Server or navigate to the server from another computer using Internet Explorer.

  2. Open Internet Explorer, and on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

  3. On the General tab, select Languages.

  4. Click the Add button, and then select the language that you want.

  5. Click OK.

  6. On the Language Preferences page, select the language that you want under Language, and then click Move up.Do this until the language that you want is at the top.

    Note

    For simplified Chinese, set the language to zh-CN, and for traditional Chinese, set the language to zh-TW. Otherwise, the FIM 2010 R2 Portal does not recognize it as a supported language, and it defaults to English.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Click OK.

  9. Close Internet Explorer.

  10. Open Internet Explorer, and then browse to the FIM 2010 home page. Everything should now be in your selected language.

Installing the FIM Add-ins and Extensions Language Pack

The following steps show how to install the Add-ins and Extensions Language Pack so that users can take advantage of localized versions of FIM Add-in for Outlook and the Password Reset extensions. The following assumes that you have already setup and deployed FIM 2010 Add-ins and Extensions.

In this release of FIM 2010, 33 additional languages are offered for the FIM client:

  • Bulgarian (Bulgaria)

  • Chinese (Simplified)

  • Chinese (Traditional)

  • Croatian (Croatia)

  • Czech (Czech Republic)

  • Danish (Denmark)

  • Dutch (Netherlands)

  • Estonian (Estonia)

  • Finnish (Finland)

  • French (France)

  • German (Germany)

  • Greek (Greece)

  • Hindi (India)

  • Hungarian (Hungary)

  • Italian (Italy)

  • Japanese (Japan)

  • Korean (Korea)

  • Latvian (Latvia)

  • Lithuanian (Lithuania)

  • Norwegian (Bokmal)

  • Polish (Poland)

  • Portuguese (Brazil)

  • Portuguese (Portugal)

  • Romanian (Romania)

  • Russian (Russia)

  • Serbian (Latin)

  • Slovak (Slovakia)

  • Slovenian (Slovenia)

  • Spanish (Spain)

  • Swedish (Sweden)

  • Thai (Thailand)

  • Turkish (Turkey)

  • Ukrainian (Ukraine)

To install the FIM Add-ins and Extensions Language Pack

  1. Log on to a client computer with administrator permissions.

  2. Run Setup.exe, and then follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

  3. On the Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager Client Language Pack Setup page, click Next.

  4. On the End-User License Agreement page, click I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and then click Next.

  5. On the Custom Setup page, select the languages that you want to install, and then click Next.

  6. Click Install.

  7. When the installation is complete, click Finish.

View the FIM Add-in for Outlook and Password Reset Extensions in your selected language

The following procedures demonstrate how to verify that the FIM Add-in for Outlook is using localization.

To view the FIM Add-in for Outlook and Password Reset Extensions in your selected language on Windows XP

  1. Log on to a client computer with administrator permissions.

  2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

  3. In Control Panel, click Regional and Language Options.

  4. On the Options tab, under Select an item to match its preferences, or click Customize to choose your own formats, select the language that you want.

  5. On the Languages tab, under Language to be used in menus and dialogs, select the language that you want.

    Note

    If you do not see any display languages, you must install the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) packs. For more information about MUI packs, see “Install a display language” in the Windows XP Help.

  6. Click the Advanced tab, and under Select a language to match the language version of the non-Unicode programs you want to use:, click the language that you want.

  7. Click Apply.

  8. If you are prompted by a message telling you that the required files are already installed on your hard disk, you can click Yes to use these files and skip the process of copying these files from the CD. Otherwise ,you may need the original Windows XP installation media to copy the required files.

  9. Click Yes to restart the Windows XP client.

  10. When the client restarts, log on to the computer.

  11. Open Outlook and use the functionality of the FIM Add-in for Outlook.

  12. To view Windows another language, repeat steps 1 through 11.

To view the FIM Add-in for Outlook and Password Reset Extensions in the language you want on Windows Vista or Windows 7

  1. Log on to a client computer with administrator permissions.

  2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

  3. In Control Panel, click Regional and Language Options.

  4. On the Formats tab, in the Current Format box, select the language you want.

  5. On the Keyboards and Languages tab, under Display language, select the language that you want to install.

    Note

    If you do not see any display languages, you must install the MUI packs. For more information about MUI packs, see Install a display language in the Windows Vista or Windows 7 Help.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Click Apply.

  8. Click OK.

  9. Open Outlook, and use the functionality of the FIM Add-in for Outlook.

  10. To view Windows another language, repeat steps 1 through 9.