Mark Gabarra's Blog

I promised a week of surprises and I have one final surprise for all of you. It is with a very heavy heart that I say farewell to Microsoft. Twelve years ago Microsoft hired me right out of college and it has been an amazing ride ever since. My days in...

I have tried in a few of my posts regarding the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" request processing model to emphasize that the Action phase can be used for a wide range of activities.  ILM2 will ship with some activities to be used inside...

I have tried in a few of my posts regarding the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" request processing model to emphasize that the Authorization (AuthZ) phase can be used for more than just seeking another person's approval for a specific request...

The first step in getting started writing custom Windows Workflow Foundation activities for use in Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" is to get your environment ready. There are a number of ways to do this and a developers environment can be a very...

Ok, so I was sitting around my house one weekend trying to determine how best to continue my dive into the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" request processing model. A few of you had asked for diagrams and some more conceptual information. The...

I know it has been awhile since I posted anything, and I apologize for not keeping up with my blog.  I am sure you have learned that we have shipped Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC.  This is part of what has been taking up my time...

Another week of heads down coding and bug fixing for the latest Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" product milestone, and another week with trouble finding time to produce a new blog post. This week I would like to thank Brad, Paul, and the folks...

I have been heads down writing code and fixing bugs for the latest Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" product milestone.  Unfortunately, that has made it difficult to find time to produce additional blog topics for all of you.  However...

In recently helping a Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007 solutions expert solve a problem for their customer within the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" Beta 3 release.  He had already defined his scenario within the Microsoft Identity...

Well a "short break" turned into something a bit longer than I anticipated. My laptop is back in gear, and I again have the freedom of spending my writing time somewhere other than my office. That little surprise I was working on for you is still in the...

Well my laptop is nearly recovered (I still have a few applications I need to reinstall), and I am looking forward to moving my writing time back to somewhere other than my office. This week I am going to take a short break on peeling back the onion of...

This week my laptop decided it was time for a career change and made the transition to door stop. Unfortunately this means that my means of posting this week is through the web dashboard instead of making use of Live Writer. How does this affect you?...

I would like to take a short detour from my current discussion of the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" Policy Service to focus on a particularly important concept within the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" platform: set membership. I...

In my previous post I gave a very brief overview of the different components of the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" product. I provided an especially brief description of one of those components, the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager Policy...

Let me start my discussion about Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" with a quick overview of the different major components. Realize that the way I break down ILM "2" may be different than how other people view the product. I joined the product...

This week the Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" product team celebrated the shipping of Beta 3 and shared in the positive reception of our product at TechEd 2008 in Orlando. Unfortunately, for the readers of my blog, this celebration occurred during...

I am glad to say that the nearly two year silence has come to an end. During this time of silence I have been involved in working on Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" . This is the next version of Microsoft's Identity Lifecycle Manager product...

Craig McLuckie just compiled documentation that details work around instructions for common .NET Framework 3.0 setup issues. You can find the full document on the WCF Forums titled Common WCF RC1 Installation Issues . The following is a WCF specific issue...

Craig McLuckie just compiled documentation that details work around instructions for common .NET Framework 3.0 setup issues. You can find the full document on the WCF Forums titled Common WCF RC1 Installation Issues . The following is a WCF specific issue...

Craig McLuckie just compiled documentation that details work around instructions for common .NET Framework 3.0 setup issues. You can find the full document on the WCF Forums titled Common WCF RC1 Installation Issues . The following is a WCF specific issue...

Craig McLuckie just compiled documentation that details work around instructions for common .NET Framework 3.0 setup issues. You can find the full document on the WCF Forums titled Common WCF RC1 Installation Issues . The following is a WCF specific issue...

Craig McLuckie just compiled documentation that details work around instructions for common .NET Framework 3.0 setup issues. You can find the full document on the WCF Forums titled Common WCF RC1 Installation Issues . The following is a WCF specific issue...

Sometimes the inspiration for funny little applications induces as much laughter as the application itself. Although, in my experience, often these inspirations seem ridiculous to the point that I never sit down to turn inspiration into implementation...

When ServiceModelReg runs and checks if a given section [group] handler is installed, if that handler points to a type in an assembly that cannot be found, ServiceModelReg may fail with a FileLoadFoundException. This has happened in the past when customers...

During WCF install, or while troubleshooting a WCF configuration related issue, you may have run into our WCF registration tool ServiceModelReg. This tool provides a command line mechanism for you to manage the WCF configuration of a machine. Most often...