To create a connection to Active Roles, you need to use Synchronization Service in conjunction with a special connector called Active Roles Connector included in the Synchronization Service package.
The Active Roles Connector supports the following Synchronization Service features:
Feature |
Supported |
Bidirectional synchronization Specifies whether you can both read and write data in the connected data system. |
Yes |
Delta processing mode Specifies whether the connection can process only the data that has changed in the connected data system since the last synchronization operation. This reduces the overall synchronization duration. |
Yes |
Password synchronization Specifies whether you can synchronize user passwords from an Active Directory (AD) domain to the connected data system. |
Yes |
The Active Roles Connector supports linked attributes in the Active Directory schema. Linked attributes allow you to associate one object with another object. Linked attributes exist in pairs:
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Forward link attribute: This is a linked attribute that exists on a source object (for example, the member attribute on the Group object). Forward link attributes can be single-valued or multivalued.
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Back link attribute: This is a linked attribute that can be specified on a target object (for example, the memberOf attribute on the User object). Back link attributes are multivalued and they must have a corresponding forward link attribute. Back link attributes are not stored in Active Directory. Rather, they are calculated based on the corresponding forward link attribute each time a query is issued.