ILM "X" Framework has been delayed til May 1st

I have run into a bit of a time issue lately... Ya know new baby and all...hehhe..

I should have lots of time to finish it up by the end of the week... So I can say I promise to have it out on May 1st.....

Thanks,

Joe Stepongzi

Sharepoint Service Pack 2 is going to be Shipping Soon

Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 due to ship April 28th... I wonder if this is going to impact ILM "2"...

Check out the hoopla..
http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2009/04/16/service-pack-2-for-the-2007-microsoft-office-system-due-to-ship-april-28th.aspx

Others not concerned with ILM "2" prepare for patch testing... Wahooooo...

Joe Stepongzi

Oracle buys Sun???

Looks like the Identity World is going to be turned upside down with Oracle purchasing Sun...

http://www.oracle.com/sun/index.html

What's going to happen to Java... Oracle Java???

What about Sun Identity Products? Oracle Identity Products?.... Time will tell...

I am not sure whether I would be happy if I am a Sun customer or an Oracle customer...

Lots of rebranding going to go on...

Joe

ILM "X" FrameWork Update

SQL xMA is progressing very well, might also be able to push the xml group piece in it for the release... Stay tuned... Totally siked about the release....

Still haven't heard from anybody about testing...
Please let me know....ASAP...

Joe

ILM Changing to Forefront Identity Manager 2010????

I was just checking out my good friend Craig Martin's blog and noticed that the name has now changed....I have heard rumors.. but Forefront.. come on...

ILM "2" is now changing to Forefront Identity Manager 2010...

How about that... Looks like I have to change my ILM "X" Framework name.....

Maybe FIM "X" Framework???? Sounds goofy to me.....

Joe Stepongzi

Vote on the delay of ILM "2"

I added a feature on the blog to get feedback..

Feel free to vote!!!!

Joe

Congratulations!!! to the newest ILM MVP's!!!!

I want to send my official congrats!!! to the new MVP's..



Sorry it's been a long time coming... most of you know I have been busy with life in general...



I think we have a great group going.. so keep up the good work everybody..



Chris Calderon

Jeremy Palenchar

Paul Loonen

Carol Wapshere

Craig Martin!!! - Glad to have you back!!!

Peter Geelen



Sorry I didn't get to see any of you at TEC or the MVP Summit...



Family comes first.. Next year definitely count me in for TEC, and hopefully the MVP Summit...



And I want to give a shout out to the "Old MVPs"



Brian Komar

Paul Adare

Brad Turner

David Lundell

Almero Steyn

ILM Extensibility Framework

I would like to introduce everybody to the

ILM Extensibility Framework or what I would like to call the ILM "X" Framework.

To view the codeplex project check out:
http://ilmxframework.codeplex.com/

I will be trying to release a couple new xMA's very very soon..

Then after that I will be releasing new things like ILM "2" Activities... ILM "2" Web Service utilities.... and so on...

I will use this blog as a way to discuss how to install each ma and show what features are possible with each.... Stay tuned...

Feel free to stop by and start discussing...

I will also be looking for some testers to make sure everything looks good!!!!!

Thanks Again!!!!!

Going to start blogging big time!!!!

My life has been pretty busy the last two years.... My two older daughters are growing and growing.... My wife and I have also welcomed two other little editions... Let's just say I am finally getting a little time to start blogging again....

It's going to be a big year for ILM, even though ILM "2" has been delayed til next year, I think customers should still keep calm and strategically think about upgrading..

Microsoft should be offering incentives and going to the new stuff will be quite fun..

No more piecing together seperate workflow engines like Ultimus and K2... You also get a nice portal based upon sharepoint!!! wahooo.....lol.

My two favorite pieces with ILM "2" has to be the workflow and the web services... There has been a need for quite a while for these pieces...