All, I have put together these installation companion documents for FIM 2010 R2. Basically, I am going through a clean installation of FIM 2010 R2 in a distributed setup against clean Windows Server 2008 R2 systems. I am using Hyper-V for everything except my SQL Server which is a physical box. Here is the collection of the installation companion documents. FIM 2010 R2 - Installation Companion - Accounts: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7222.reference-fim-2010-installation-companion-accounts-en-us.aspxFIM 2010 R2 - Installation Companion - ServicePrincipleNames (SPNs): http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/10818.reference-fim-installation-companion-serviceprinciplenames-spns-adding-and-troubleshooting.aspxFIM 2010 R2 - Installation Companion - Synchronization Service: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11042.reference-fim-2010-r2-installation-companion-synchronization-service-install-en-us.aspxFIM 2010 R2 - Installation Companion - FIM Service: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11058.reference-fim-2010-r2-installation-companion-fim-service-en-us.aspxFIM 2010 R2 - Installation Companion - FIM Portal, Password Reset Portal, Password Registration Portal: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11083.reference-fim-2010-r2-installation-companion-fim-portal-password-reset-portal-registration-portal.aspx Timothy P Macaulay Security Identity Support Team at Microsoft timmac@microsoft.com