Release notes – IBM® Security Identity Manager SharePoint ® Adapter 6.0.7
IBM Security Identity Manager SharePoint Adapter 6.0.7 is available. Compatibility, installation, and other getting-started issues are addressed.
Contents
Welcome to the IBM Security Identity Manager SharePoint Adapter.
These Release Notes contain information for the following products that was not available when the IBM Security Identity Manager manuals were printed:
· IBM Security Identity Manager SharePoint Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide
The SharePoint Adapter is designed to create and manage User Accounts on the SharePoint platform. The adapter runs in "agentless" mode and communicates using HTTP/S and LDAP protocol. The SharePoint adapter supports stand-alone and Active Directory backed user registries. Other user registries supported by SharePoint have not been tested.
IBM recommends the installation of this Adapter (and the prerequisite IBM Security Directory Integrator) on each node of IBM Security Identity Manager WAS cluster. A single copy of the adapter can handle multiple IBM Security Identity Manager Services. The optimum deployment configuration is based, in part, on the topology of your network domain, but the primary factor is the planned structure of your IBM Security Identity Manager Provisioning Policies and Approval Workflow process. Please refer to the IBM Security Identity Manager Knowledge Center for a discussion of these topics.
The IBM Security Identity Manager Adapters are powerful tools that require Administrator Level authority. Adapters operate much like a human system administrator, creating accounts, permissions and home directories. Operations requested from the IBM Security Identity Manager server will fail if the Adapter is not given sufficient authority to perform the requested task. IBM recommends that this Adapter run with administrative (root) permissions.
Review and agree to the terms of the IBM Security Identity Manager License prior to using this product. The license can be viewed from the "license" folder included in the product package.
Adapter Version
Component |
Version |
Build Date |
2019 September 11 08.24.39 |
Adapter Version |
6.0.7 |
Component Versions |
Adapter build: 6.0.7.51 |
Documentation |
The following guides are available in the IBM Security Identity Manager Knowledge Center:
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New Features
Internal# |
Enhancement # (RFE) |
Description |
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Release v6.0.6 |
RTC 154248 |
SharePoint Server 2016 Support |
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Bug 2848 |
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NTLM
Authentication Support Note: For NTLM Authentication support needs · 7.1.1 LAIF 41 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10878657 · 7.2.0 LAIF 20 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10878456 · Direct Fix central links · 7.11. Limited Availability Interim Fix 41: https://ibm.biz/Bd2NeZ · 7.2.0 Limited Availability Interim Fix 20 : https://ibm.biz/Bd2Ne2 |
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Add support for IGI 5.2.2 This adapter is now designed for use with IBM Security Identity Manager, Privileged Identity Manager, and Identity Governance and Intelligence. |
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RFE 34875 (20165) |
ISIM Adapter for SharePoint 2013 |
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Release v6.0.2 |
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Initial Release |
Closed Issues
Internal# |
APAR# |
Case# / Description |
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Release v6.0.7 |
Bug 2892 |
TS002574599 / SharePoint recon failed with "'decoded' is null" |
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Release v6.0.6 |
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RTC 155612 |
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Added TDI 7.1.1 FP5 and SDI 7.2 support |
Bug 2272 |
SharePoint Adapter recon user and add user problem |
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Release v6.0.2 |
INT65217 |
Clarification of the site field on the service form. User guide has been modified to clarify the usage of the site field on the service form. |
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IV24999 |
ISIM form designer does not manage the Account form correctly. |
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IV36774 |
Adapter does not honor the "EnableSSL" flag and fails to use HTTPS. |
Known Issues
Internal# |
APAR# |
Description |
Internal |
N/A |
The SharePoint UserGroup webservice does not provide the same function as the SharePoint GUI. As a result, some features that are available through the SharePoint GUI are not available through the SharePoint Webservice |
Internal |
N/A |
If there are two users with the same user name in different Domains. Then the reconciliation will only return one of the users. For example, the Administrator account exists both for the SharePoint Server and the Active Directory domain. Only one of these accounts will be returned to Identity Manager |
See the IBM Security Identity Manager Adapter Installation Guide for detailed instructions.
The
SharePoint Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide can be obtained from
IBM Knowledge Center at
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSIGMP_1.0.0/com.ibm.itim_pim.doc/c_adapters_intro.htm
The following corrections added in Installation guide-> In chapter Installing Under the section Creating an adapter service/target (point no.7):
1. If you want to create service with NTLM authentication, then Admin login should be in following format
<Domain Name>\<Login Name>
2. For NTLM Authentication, select Authentication mode as ‘Claims-Based Authentication’.
Configuration Notes
The following configuration notes apply to this release:
SharePoint Service Group Management
The management of SharePoint Groups disabled in this release due to lack of SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 Client API to properly manage Groups.
SharePoint Site Configuration
SharePoint site configuration can contain multiple authentication providers, but the Adapter supports Basic Authentication and NTLM Authentication protocol.
If Basic Authentication is used
with the adapter, then it is It is recommended to extend the SharePoint web
application and configure an alternate access mapping to cater specifically for
the Adapter requirements. In addition, because Basic Authentication contains
credentials sent in clear text, it is highly recommended to configure the
Adapter to communicate with SharePoint over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to
protect the credentials.
The following steps are recommended to ensure the Adapter works with the
SharePoint site (refer to Microsoft SharePoint Documentation for detailed
instructions):
The IBM Security Identity Manager adapters can be customized and/or extended. The type and method of this customization may vary from adapter to adapter.
Refer to the ‘IBM
Security Identity Adapter Development and Customization Guide’
Support for Customized Adapters
The integration to the IBM Security Identity Manager server "the adapter framework" is supported. However, IBM does not support the customizations, scripts, or other modifications. If you experience a problem with a customized adapter, IBM Support may require the problem to be demonstrated on the GA version of the adapter before a PMR is opened.
Supported Configurations
Installation Platform
The IBM Security Identity Manager Adapter was built and tested on the following product versions.
Adapter Installation Platform:
Due to continuous Java security updates that may be applied to your ISIM or PIM servers, the following SDI releases are the officially supported versions:
Earlier versions of SDI that are still supported may function properly, however to resolve any communication errors, you must upgrade your SDI releases to the officially supported versions by the adapters.
For NTLM authentication use:
· 7.1.1 LAIF 41 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10878657
· 7.2.0 LAIF 20 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10878456
· Direct Fix central links
§ 7.11. Limited Availability Interim Fix 41 : https://ibm.biz/Bd2NeZ
§ 7.2.0 Limited Availability Interim Fix 20 : https://ibm.biz/Bd2Ne2
Managed Resource:
IBM Security Identity Manager:
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