This month, Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Identity Manager 2016, as part of KB4512924, bringing the MIM build number to version 4.6.34.0.

What’s New

Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 receives the following updates since Service Pack 1:

Platform support

With Service Pack 2, Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) Synchronization and the MIM Service now support:

1. Windows Server 2019
2. SQL Server 2017
3. Exchange Server 2019

The MIM Service now also supports SharePoint Server 2019 and System Center Service Manager 2019.

OLE DB Driver

One of the known issues for MIM Service Pack 1 was its inability to use the SQL OLE DB driver (because it doesn’t support the MultiSubnetFailover keyword). Starting with Service Pack 2, the MIM installer supports the SQL OLE DB Driver.

TLS 1.2

The Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) installer now supports TLS 1.2-only environments.

gMSA

The Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) installer now supports group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) for the MIM Sync service account. This way, the MIM MA can use MIM Sync gMSA. There is no need for a MIM MA account.

The Miiskmu and MiisActivate tools now also support gMSA.

Numerous other fixes

Service Pack 2 brings a lot of fixes to Microsoft Identity Manager 2016. There are a few notable ones, like the country names updates to include several recent changes like North Macedonia. MIM now also supports Microsoft Office 365 Outlook Click-To-Run for its client add-on.

Known issues

Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 has a couple of known issues, that you might want to be aware of, before downloading and installing:

SQL Compatibility

MIM now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2017. However, the MIM database SQL compatibility level remains the same at level 110. This means that on SQL Server versions beyond SQL Server 2012, the database compatibility level needs to set to or remain at 110, or lower.

MIM Portal

SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Server 2019 portal themes are not supported. When you use these ‘modern’ themes, the MIM Portal renders incorrectly.

MIM Sync

The MIM Management Agent (MA) can use the MIM Sync service account only when MIM Sync was set up to use a group Managed Service Account (gMSA). This feature does not work with regular MIM Sync service accounts.

Prerequisites

To install Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Identity Manager 2016, you’ll need to meet the following prerequisites:

1. You must be running Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 build 4.4.1302.0 up to Service Pack 1 build 4.5.412.0. This is a cumulative update that replaces all Service Pack 1 updates.
2. The 2013 x64 Visual C++ Redistributable Packages (vsredist_x64.exe) must be installed before you run MIM Service and Portal Setup
3. You must have .NET Framework 4.6, or up, installed for the following components:
1. MIM Service
2. MIM Portals (Identity Management, Password Reset, Password Registration)
3. MIM PAM
4. MIM add-ins and extensions

You must restart the computer after you apply the add-ins and extensions package (Mimaddinsextensions_x(64/86)_kb4512924.msp). You may also have to restart the server components.

Further reading

Identity Manager version release history 
4512429 MIM 2016 Service Pack 2 (build 4.6.34.0) Update Rollup is available
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