Active Roles 7.4.1 - Synchronization Service Administration Guide

Specify attributes to identify objects

This expandable item provides the following options that allow you to specify the attributes with which you want to uniquely identify each object in the connected data system:

• Available attributes. Lists the attributes that are available in the external data system. Use this list to select the attributes whose values you want to use to generate a unique identifier for each object in the external data system. You can filter attributes by typing in the text box at the top of this list. To select multiple attributes, hold down CTRL and click to select attributes in the list.
• UniqueID attributes. Lists the attributes whose values are currently used to generate a unique identifier for each object in the external data system.
• Add->. Moves the selected attributes from the Available attributes list to the UniqueID attributes list.
• <-Remove. Moves the selected attributes from the UniqueID attributes list to the Available attributes list.
• Constructed UniqueID. Displays a combination of the attributes whose values will make up a unique identifier for each object in the external data system.

Working with SharePoint

This section describes how to create or modify a connection to Microsoft SharePoint so that Synchronization Service could work with data in that data system.

To create a connection to SharePoint, you need to use Synchronization Service in conjunction with a connector called SharePoint Connector. You must install this connector on the SharePoint server you want to work with. The SharePoint connector is included in the Synchronization Service package.

The SharePoint Connector supports the following features:

In this section:

• Creating a SharePoint connection
• SharePoint data supported out of the box
• Considerations for creating objects in SharePoint

Creating a SharePoint connection

To create a new connection

1. Ensure that you have installed the SharePoint Connector on the SharePoint server you want to work with.
2. In the Synchronization Service Administration Console, open the Connections tab.
3. Click Add connection, and then use the following options:
   • Connection name. Type a descriptive name for the connection.
   • Use the specified connector. Select SharePoint Connector.
4. Click Next.
5. On the Specify connection settings page, click the Test Connection button to ensure that the connector can access SharePoint.
6. If the test succeeds, click Finish to create a connection.

SharePoint data supported out of the box

The next table lists the objects supported by the SharePoint Connector out of the box and the operations you can perform on these objects by using the connector.

For each of the supported SharePoint object types Synchronization Service provides special attributes that allow you to read or write data in SharePoint. You can access and use these attributes from the Synchronization Service Administration Console (for example, when selecting the source and target attributes you want to participate in the synchronization operation).

The next sections describe the attributes provided by Synchronization Service and explain what data you can read or write in SharePoint by using a particular attribute.

In the next sections:

• AlternateURL object attributes
• ClaimProvider object attributes
• Farm object attributes
• Group object attributes
• Language object attributes
• Policy object attributes
• PolicyRole object attributes
• Prefix object attributes
• RoleAssignment object attributes
• RoleDefinition object attributes
• Site object attributes
• PolicyRole object attributes
• Web object attributes
• WebApplication object attributes
• WebTemplate object attributes