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Active Roles 8.0.1 LTS - 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 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 IBM DB2 Working with IBM AS/400 Working with an OpenLDAP directory service Working with IBM RACF connector Working with MySQL database Working with an OLE DB-compliant relational database Working with SharePoint Working with Microsoft 365
Creating a Microsoft 365 connection Modifying a Microsoft 365 connection Microsoft 365 data supported for data synchronization
ClientPolicy object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization ConferencingPolicy object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization Contact object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization DistributionGroup object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization Domain object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization DynamicDistributionGroup object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization ExternalAccessPolicy object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization HostedVoicemailPolicy object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization LicensePlanService object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization Mailbox object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization MailUser object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization PresencePolicy object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization SecurityGroup object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization SPOSite object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization SPOSiteGroup object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization SPOWebTemplate object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization SPOTenant object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization User object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization VoicePolicy object attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization Microsoft 365 Group attributes supported for Microsoft 365 data synchronization Changing the display names of synchronized Microsoft 365 licenses and services
Objects and attributes specific to Microsoft 365 services How the Microsoft 365 Connector works with data
Working with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Configuring data synchronization with the SCIM Connector Configuring data synchronization with the Generic SCIM Connector
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
About scenarios Scenario 1: Create users from a .csv file to an Active Directory domain Scenario 2: Use a .csv file to update user accounts in an Active Directory domain Scenario 3: Synchronizing data between One Identity Manager Custom Target Systems and an Active Directory domain Scenario 4: Deprovisioning between One Identity Manager Custom Target Systems and an Active Directory domain Scenario 5: Provisioning of Groups between One Identity Manager Custom Target Systems and an Active Directory domain Scenario 6: Enabling Delta Sync mode between One Identity Manager Custom Target Systems and an Active Directory domain Example of using the Generic SCIM Connector for data synchronization
Appendix A: Developing PowerShell scripts for attribute synchronization rules Appendix B: Using a PowerShell script to transform passwords

Steps to unmap objects

You can unmap the objects that were mapped earlier.

To unmap objects

  1. In the Synchronization Service Administration Console, open the Mapping tab.
  2. Click the name of the connection for which you want to unmap objects.
  3. Click the mapping pair that specifies the objects types you want to unmap.
  4. Click Unmap now and wait until the unmap operation completes.

    After the unmap operation completes, the Synchronization Service Administration Console displays a report which provides information about the objects that participated in the unmap operation. At this stage, the application does not unmap the objects. To unmap them, you need to commit the result of the unmap operation.

    You can click the number provided next to an object category name in the report to view the details of objects that belong to that category.

  1. Review the report on the objects that participated in the unmap operation, and then click Commit to unmap the objects.

 

Automated password synchronization

About automated password synchronization

If your enterprise environment has multiple data management systems, each having its own password policy and dedicated user authentication mechanism, you may face one or more of the following issues:

  • Because users have to remember multiple passwords, they may have difficulty managing them. Some users may even write down their passwords. As a result, passwords can be easily compromised.
  • Each time users forget one or several of their numerous access passwords, they have to ask administrators for password resets. This increases operational costs and translates into a loss of productivity.
  • There is no way to implement a single password policy for all of the data management systems. This too impacts productivity, as users have to log on to each data management system separately in order to change their passwords.

With Synchronization Service, you can eliminate these issues and significantly simplify password management in an enterprise environment that includes multiple data management systems.

Synchronization Service provides a cost-effective and efficient way to synchronize user passwords from an Active Directory domain to other data systems used in your organization. As a result, users can access other data management systems using their Active Directory domain password. Whenever a user password is changed in the source Active Directory domain, this change is immediately and automatically propagated to other data systems, so each user password remains in sync in the data systems at all times.

You need to connect Synchronization Service to the data systems in which you want to synchronize passwords through special connectors supplied with Synchronization Service.

Steps to automate password synchronization

To automatically synchronize passwords from an Active Directory domain to another data system, complete these steps:

  1. Install Capture Agent on each domain controller in the Active Directory domain you want to be the source for password synchronization operations.

    Capture Agent tracks changes to the user passwords in the source Active Directory domain and provides this information to Synchronization Service, which in turn synchronizes passwords in the target connected systems you specify.

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

  1. Connect the Synchronization Service to the Active Directory domain where you installed Capture Agent in step 1.

    Alternatively, you can configure a connection to Active Roles that manages the source Active Directory domain.

  1. Connect the Synchronization Service to the data system where you want to synchronize user object passwords with those in the source Active Directory domain.
    • For some target data systems (such as SQL Server) you must specify the data you want to participate in the password synchronization by configuring an SQL query.
    • If the target data system is an LDAP directory service accessed via the generic LDAP connector, you must specify the target object type for which you want to synchronize passwords and the attribute where you want to store object passwords.
  2. Ensure that user objects in the source Active Directory domain are properly mapped to their counterparts in the target connected system.

    For more information about mapping objects, see Mapping objects.

    Synchronization Service automatically maps objects between the source Active Directory domain and the target connected system if you configure sync workflows to manage the creation and deprovision operations between the source AD domain (or Active Roles that manages that domain) and the target connected system.

    For more information on sync workflows, see Synchronizing identity data.

  1. Create a password synchronization rule for the target connected system.

    For more information, see Creating a password sync rule.

After you complete the above steps, the Synchronization Service starts to automatically track user password changes in the source AD domain and synchronize passwords in the target connected system.

If necessary, you can fine-tune the password synchronization settings by completing these optional tasks:

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