If you’re looking for help on ILM “2” (aka FIM 2010) , these are the most prominent sources to bookmark:

Webcasts

Webcast: Alex Weinert on Forefront Identity Manager 2010

Blogs

Bobby and Nima's ILM Blog

Joe Schulman - Identity Management Extensibility

Brjann Brekkan - Identity Management blog

Brad Turner’s blog

Joe Zamora's blog

David Lundell’s blog

Craig McMurtry's WebLog

Mark Gabarra's Blog

Jeremey Palenchar

Darryl Russi

 

And also:

The MS IDA guys blog

Henrik Nilsson's blog:

• ILM 2 workflow library
• post on a custom workflow activity

Carol's Adventures in identity management

Technical Resources

Identity Lifecycle Manager “2” Product Page

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 website

Microsoft Technet Forum

Identity Lifecycle Manager 2 - Identity Management - MS Technet Forums

Microsoft Connect (registration required)

• Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) – ILM ‘2’ RC
• Feedback
• Newsgroup (to be replaced by the ILM 2 Technet forum, referenced above)

ILM 2 Technical Resources with webcasts/podcasts:

• (Part 1 of 3): Empowering Users with Self-Service Identity Management Solutions (Level 200)
• (Part 2 of 3): Expressing and Enforcing Business Policy (Level 300)
• (Part 3 of 3): Extensibility and Provisioning with ILM "2" (Level 300)
• Introduction to ILM “2” Beta 3 Webcast

• How MSIT is Using ILM “2” Podcast

Identity Lifecycle Manager 2 (Beta) Technical Library

• Identity Lifecycle Manager “2” Overview
• Getting Started
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Introduction to Inbound Synchronization
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Introduction to Outbound Synchronization
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Group Management End-to-End
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Set Management
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Publishing Active Directory Users From Two Authoritative Data Sources
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Portal Configuration
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Management Policy Rules
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Schema UI
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Password Reset and Registration
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Add-in for Outlook 2007
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Security Group Management
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) End User Distribution List Management
  • ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Object Visualization Configuration
    • ILM "2" OVC XML ReferenceILM "2" (Release Candidate) Release Notes
  • Certificate Management Services
    • Release Notes for ILM2 Certificate Management Services (CMS)

Technical Reference

• ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Technical Reference
• ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Management Policy Concepts
• ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Workflow Concepts
• ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Request Management Concepts
• ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Glossary

Deployment

• ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Installation Guide
• ILM "2" (Release Candidate) Localization

Code & Project sources

• Identity Management Extensibility Samples (downloads updated)
• ILM 2 Custom WF Activity on Codeplex
• Identitynotes on Codeplex
• ILM 2 RC0 Ensynch Custom Workflow Activity Library

FIM 2010 Protocol Documents

• FIM web service protocol document

Downloads

Forefront™ Identity Manager 2010 Release Candidate 1

Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager “2” Release Candidate

Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC Demo Virtual Hard Disk Image (updated, 1/sep/2009)

Microsoft Connect (registration required) Downloads

Microsoft® Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" (Release Candidate) Multi-forest Management Step-by-Step Guide

Additional hints and tips:

ILM Technet Center

ILM “2” (RC) Release notes

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323207: When using Windows Server 2008 and not connected to the internet, the user will experience significant delays when trying to perform most tasks.SQL 2008 Hotfix, KB958611

WSS Windows Sharepoint services 3 (cfr ILM Portal functions)

• Downloadable content for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0

Administering Sharepoint functions

• addsolution Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server)
• Enable anonymous access - Help and How-to - Microsoft Office Online
• SharePoint Automation Set Anonymous Access
• Move WSS content database to a different drive with SSEE using SQL Server Management Studio Express
• Can't access Microsoft #SSEE with error 26

Visual Studio .NET

deeptanshuv's WebLog  64-bit and Visual Studio 2005

.NET Framework 3.5

• You can download Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 Framework at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129538.
• An update for the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is available
• Service Trace Viewer Tool (SvcTraceViewer.exe)

Internet Explorer (vs. isolated test environment)

• A blank Web page is displayed when you start Internet Explorer 7
• Fix: Internet Explorer 7 is stuck at the first run welcome page

Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager “2” Privacy Statement

Any suggestions for additions are welcome.

Change log

• 4-okt-'09: Added blogs
• 30-sep-'09: added download link to FIM 2010 RC1
• 1-sep-'09, fixed broken link download RC VHD
• 15-jul-'09: protocol doc link added
• 2-jul-'09: update with webcast section
• 12-may-'09: update on ILM "2" vhd image download
• 22-apr-'09 update blogs list/info
• 21-apr-'09: update codeplex projects + FIM 2010 info
• 31-mar-'09 updated with new info on blogs
• 24-mar-'09 updated with new codeplex projects