To modify connection settings
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In the Synchronization Service Console, open the Connections tab.
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Click Connection settings below the existing Active Roles connection you want to modify.
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On the Specify connection settings page, use the following options:
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Connect to: Allows you to specify the Active Roles Administration Service to be used by the Synchronization Service. You can use one of the following options:
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Administration Service on the specified computer: Type the name of the computer running the Administration Service you want Active Roles Synchronization Service to use.
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Any Administration Service of the same configuration: Specify any Administration Service whose database holds the necessary configuration: type the DNS name of the computer running that Administration Service. If Active Roles replication is used to synchronize configuration data, this must be any Administration Service whose database server acts as the Publisher for the configuration database.
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Active Roles version: Prompts you to specify the version of the Active Roles Administration Service to which you want to connect. You can choose to connect either to version 7.0 or later or to version 6.9 or earlier. In the latter case, you have to install the Active Roles ADSI Provider of the respective legacy Active Roles version on the computer running the Synchronization Service. For installation instructions, see the Active Roles Installation Guide.
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Access Active Roles Administration Service using: Allows you to specify an authentication option to access the Active Roles Administration Service. You can use one of the following options:
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Active Roles account: Allows you to access the Administration Service in the security context of the user account under which the Active Roles is running.
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Windows account: Allows you to access the Administration Service in the security context of the user account whose user name and password you specify below this option.
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To test the connection with the new parameters, click Test connection.
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Click Save.