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Identity Manager 8.2.1 - Administration Guide for Connecting to Active Directory

Managing Active Directory environments Synchronizing an Active Directory environment
Setting up initial synchronization with an Active Directory domain Adjusting the synchronization configuration for Active Directory environments Running synchronization Tasks following synchronization Troubleshooting Ignoring data error in synchronization
Managing Active Directory user accounts and employees
Account definitions for Active Directory user accounts and Active Directory contacts Assigning employees automatically to Active Directory user accounts Supported user account types Updating employees when Active Directory user account are modified Automatic creation of departments and locations based on user account information Specifying deferred deletion for Active Directory user accounts and Active Directory contacts
Managing memberships in Active Directory groups Login information for Active Directory user accounts Mapping of Active Directory objects in One Identity Manager
Active Directory domains Active Directory container structures Active Directory user accounts Active Directory contacts Active Directory groups Active Directory computers Active Directory security IDs Active Directory printers Active Directory sites Reports about Active Directory objects
Handling of Active Directory objects in the Web Portal Basic data for managing an Active Directory environment Configuration parameters for managing an Active Directory environment Default project template for Active Directory Processing methods of Active Directory system objects Active Directory connector settings

Contact data for Active Directory contacts

Enter the data used by this contact for contacting the employee by telephone on the Contact tab.

Table 44: Contact data
Property Description

Phone

Telephone number.

Phone private

Private telephone number.

Fax

Fax number.

Mobile phone

Mobile number.

Pager

Pager number.

Website

Website.

IP telephone number

IP telephone number.

Comment

Text field for additional explanation.

Further data for identifying Active Directory contact

Enter the address data used by this contact for contacting the employee on the Identification tab.

Table 45: Main data for identification
Property Description

Office

Office.

Street

Street or road.

Mailbox

Mailbox.

Zip code

Zip code.

City

City.

State

State.

Country ID

The country ID.

Company

Employee's company.

Department

Employee's department

Job description

Job description.

Employee ID

Employee's unique marker, for example their ID.

Account manager

Manager responsible for the contact.

To specify an account manager

  1. Click next to the field.
  2. In the Table menu, select the table that maps the account manager.
  3. In the Account manager menu, select the manager.
  4. Click OK.

Extension data for Active Directory contacts

On the Extensions tab, you enter the user-defined Active Directory schema extensions for the contact.

Table 46: Extensions data
Property Description

Extensions data

Custom extension data in binary format.

Attribute extension 01 - attribute extension 15

Additional company-specific information. Use the Designer to customize display names, formats, and templates for the input fields.

Assigning secretaries to Active Directory contacts

Assign a secretary to a contact. The secretary is displayed in the email recipient’s properties in Microsoft Outlook.

To assign a secretary to a contact

  1. In the Manager, select the Active Directory > Contacts category.

  2. Select the contact in the result list.

  3. Select the Assign secretary task.

  4. Select the table which contains the user from the Table menu at the top of the form. You have the following options:

    • Active Directory user accounts

    • Active Directory contacts

    • Active Directory groups

  5. In the Add assignments pane, assign secretaries.

    TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove assigned secretaries.

    To remove an assignment

    • Select the secretaries and double-click .

  6. Save the changes.
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