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Active Roles 8.1.1 - Synchronization Service Administration Guide

Synchronization Service overview Deploying Synchronization Service Getting started Connections to external data systems
External data systems supported with built-in connectors
Working with Active Directory Working with an AD LDS (ADAM) instance Working with Skype for Business Server Working with Oracle Database Working with Oracle Database user accounts Working with Exchange Server Working with Active Roles Working with One Identity Manager Working with a delimited text file Working with Microsoft SQL Server Working with Micro Focus NetIQ Directory Working with Salesforce Working with ServiceNow Working with Oracle Unified Directory Working with an LDAP directory service Working with an OpenLDAP directory service Working with IBM DB2 Working with IBM AS/400 Working with IBM RACF Working with MySQL database Working with an OLE DB-compliant relational database Working with SharePoint Working with Microsoft 365 Working with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Configuring data synchronization with the SCIM Connector Configuring data synchronization with the Generic SCIM Connector Objects and operations supported by the SCIM Connector Example of using the Generic SCIM Connector for data synchronization
Using connectors installed remotely Creating a connection Renaming a connection Deleting a connection Modifying synchronization scope for a connection Using connection handlers Specifying password synchronization settings for a connection
Synchronizing identity data Mapping objects Automated password synchronization Synchronization history Scenarios of use Developing PowerShell scripts for attribute synchronization rules Using PowerShell script to transform passwords

Synchronizing SID history of users or groups

You can use Synchronization Service to synchronize SID history between user or group objects in two Active Directory domains. For example, you can synchronize SID history when migrating users from one Active Directory domain to the other.

NOTE: Consider the following when synchronizing SID history:

  • To read SID data in the source Active Directory domain, you can use the sIDHistory or objectSid attribute.

  • To write SID data to the target Active Directory domain, always use the sIDHistory attribute.

To synchronize SID history of users or groups

  1. Install Capture Agent on all domain controllers in the source and target Active Directory domains you want to participate in the SID history synchronization.

    For more information on how to install Capture Agent, see Managing Capture Agent.

  2. Use the Specified domain controller option to connect Synchronization Service to the source and target domains.

    For more information on how to connect Synchronization Service to an Active Directory domain, see Creating an Active Directory connection.

  3. Create a new or choose an existing creating or updating synchronization step for the source and target domains.

    If you use an updating synchronization step, ensure that user objects in the source domain are properly mapped to their counterparts in the target domain. For more information on mapping objects, see Mapping objects.

  4. Configure the synchronization step to do the following:

    • Read SID data in the source Active Directory domain. For this purpose, you can use the sIDHistory attribute or the objectSid attribute, or both.

    • Write SID data to the target Active Directory domain by using the sIDHistory attribute.

    To read attribute values in the source domain and write them to the target domain, you can configure attribute modification rules in your sync workflow step. For more information, see Modifying attribute values by using rules.

  5. Run the created step to synchronize SID history.

Working with an AD LDS (ADAM) instance

This section explains how to create or modify a connection to an AD LDS (ADAM) instance so that Synchronization Service could work with data in that data system.

To create a connection to an AD LDS (ADAM) instance, you need to use Synchronization Service in conjunction with a special connector called AD LDS (ADAM) Connector. This connector is included in the Synchronization Service package.

The AD LDS (ADAM) Connector supports the following features:

Table 5: AD LDS (ADAM) Connector – Supported 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

Creating an AD LDS (ADAM) instance connection

To create a new connection

  1. In the Synchronization Service Console, open the Connections tab.
  2. Click Add connection, then use the following options:
    • Connection name: Type a descriptive name for the connection.
    • Use the specified connector: Select AD LDS (ADAM) Connector.

  3. Click Next.

  4. On the Specify connection settings page, use the following options:

    • Server: Type the fully qualified domain name of the computer on which the AD LDS (ADAM) instance to which you want to connect is running.

    • Port: Type the LDAP communication port number used by the AD LDS (ADAM) instance.

      • Access AD LDS (ADAM) instance using: Use this option to select one of the following:

        • Synchronization Service account: Allows you to access the target AD LDS (ADAM) instance in the security context of the account under which the Synchronization Service is running.

        • Windows account: Allows you to access the target AD LDS (ADAM) instance in the security context of the account whose user name and password you specify below this option.

    • Advanced: Click to specify advanced settings for connecting to the AD LDS (ADAM) instance.

    • Test Connection: Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.

  5. Click Finish to create a connection to the AD LDS (ADAM) instance.

Modifying an existing AD LDS (ADAM) instance connection

To modify connection settings

  1. In the Synchronization Service Console, open the Connections tab.

  2. Click Connection settings below the existing AD LDS (ADAM) instance connection you want to modify.

  3. On the Connection Settings tab, click the Specify connection settings item to expand it and use the following options:

    • Server: Type the fully qualified domain name of the computer on which the AD LDS (ADAM) instance to which you want to connect is running.

    • Port: Type the LDAP communication port number used by the AD LDS (ADAM) instance.

      • Access AD LDS (ADAM) instance using: Use this option to select one of the following:

        • Synchronization Service account: Allows you to access the target AD LDS (ADAM) instance in the security context of the account under which the Synchronization Service is running.

        • Windows account: Allows you to access the target AD LDS (ADAM) instance in the security context of the account whose user name and password you specify below this option.

    • Advanced: Click to specify advanced settings for connecting to the AD LDS (ADAM) instance.

    • Test Connection: Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.

  4. Optionally, you can narrow the number of AD LDS (ADAM) objects participating in the connection scope by setting up filter conditions. On the Connection Settings tab, click the Advanced item to expand it, and then use the following list columns:

    • Object type: Use this column to select the AD LDS (ADAM) object types for which you want to configure filter conditions: click Add Object Type to add an object type to the list. Once you have added an object type to the list, use the Filter condition column to specify a condition the objects of that type must meet in order to participate in the connection scope.

    • Filter condition: Use this column to specify a filter condition for the corresponding AD LDS (ADAM) object type. To specify a filter condition, type an LDAP query. The AD LDS (ADAM) objects that meet the specified filter condition will participate in the connection scope. When no filter condition specified for an object type, all objects that belong to that type participate in the connection scope.

  5. When you are finished, click Save.

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