MIM will reside in a separate Server other than the SharePoint 2019 Server. Synchronization will be done by Microsoft Identity Manager, which will act as the successor to FIM. However, in SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Server 2019, FIM has been removed.

User profile synchronization in versions prior to SharePoint 2016 relied on a built-in Forefront Identity Manager (FIM), which ran inside SharePoint Server. Additionally, MIM 2016 addsĪ hybrid experience, privileged access management capabilities and support for the new platforms. Like its predecessor, MIM helps us to manage the users, credentials, policies, and access within your organization. Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) 2016 is built on the identity and access management capabilities of FIM 2010 R2. The article has been divided into 2 steps : In this article we will see how to setup MIM SP2 for SharePoint Server 2019. Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) SP2 was made generally available on October 2019.