does anyone have a guide, process, directions on how to move the configuration (sync and portal mods) from development to production?

Hi, You can find a guideline for migrating your FIM configuration here; http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff400277(WS.10).aspx It oulines the procedure and contains powershell scripts for the actual export and imports. Kind regards, Freek Berson http://microsoftplatform.blogspot.com/