Identity Manager 9.3 - Administration Guide for Connecting to Exchange Online

Objects, which do not exist in the target system, can be marked as outstanding in One Identity Manager by synchronizing. This prevents objects being deleted because of an incorrect data situation or an incorrect synchronization configuration.

Outstanding objects:

Cannot be edited in One Identity Manager.
Are ignored by subsequent synchronizations.
Are ignored by inheritance calculations.

This means, all memberships and assignments remain intact until the outstanding objects have been processed.

Start target system synchronization to do this.

To post-process outstanding objects

In the Manager, select the Microsoft Entra ID > Target system synchronization: Exchange Online category.

The navigation view lists all the synchronization tables assigned to the Exchange Online target system type.
On the Target system synchronization form, in the Table/object column, open the node of the table for which you want to post-process outstanding objects.

All objects that are marked as outstanding are shown. The Last log entry and Last method run columns display the time at which the last entry was made in the synchronization log and which processing method was run. The No log available entry can mean the following:
- The synchronization log has already been deleted.
  
  - OR -
- An assignment from a member list has been deleted from the target system.
  
  The base object of the assignment was updated during the synchronization. A corresponding entry appears in the synchronization log. The entry in the assignment table is marked as outstanding, but there is no entry in the synchronization log.
- An object that contains a member list has been deleted from the target system.
  
  During synchronization, the object and all corresponding entries in the assignment tables are marked as outstanding. However, an entry in the synchronization log appears only for the deleted object.
TIP:

To display the properties of an outstanding object
1. Select the object on the target system synchronization form.
2. Open the context menu and click Show object.
3. For memberships, select the object whose properties you want to display.

Select the objects you want to rework. Multi-select is possible.

Click on one of the following icons in the form toolbar to run the respective method.

Table 6: Methods for handling outstanding objects
Icon	Method	Description
	Delete	The object is immediately deleted from the One Identity Manager database. Deferred deletion is not taken into account. Indirect memberships cannot be deleted.
	Publish	The object is added to the target system. The Outstanding label is removed from the object. This runs a target system specific process that triggers the provisioning process for the object. Prerequisites: The table containing the object can be published. The target system connector has write access to the target system.
	Reset	The Outstanding label is removed for the object.

TIP: If a method cannot be run due to certain restrictions, the respective icon is disabled.

To display the constraint's details, click the Show button in the Constraints column.

Confirm the security prompt with Yes.

NOTE: By default, the selected objects are processed in parallel, which speeds up the selected method. If an error occurs during processing, the action is stopped and all changes are discarded.

Bulk processing of objects must be disabled if errors are to be localized, which means the objects are processed sequentially. Failed objects are named in the error message. All changes that were made up until the error occurred are saved.

To disable bulk processing

Disable the icon in the form's toolbar.

NOTE: The target system connector must have write access to the target system in order to publish outstanding objects that are being post-processed. That means, the Connection is read-only option must not be set for the target system connection.

In the default installation, after synchronizing, identities are automatically created for Exchange Online mail users and Exchange Online mail contacts. If an account definition for the Exchange Online organization is not known at the time of synchronization, mail users and mail contacts are linked to the identities. However, account definitions are not assigned. The mail users and mail contacts are therefore in a Linked state.

To manage mail users and mail contacts through account definitions, assign an account definition and a manage level.

To manage Exchange Online mail users and mail contacts through account definitions

Create an account definition.
Assign an account definition to the Microsoft Entra ID tenant.
Assign the account definition and manage level to user accounts in linked status.
1. In the Manager, select the Microsoft Entra ID > Mail users > Linked but not configured > <Microsoft Entra ID tenant> category.
  
  - OR -
  
  In the Manager, select the Microsoft Entra ID > Mail contacts > Linked but not configured > <Microsoft Entra ID tenant> category.
2. Select the Assign account definition to linked accounts task.

Identity Manager 9.3 - Administration Guide for Connecting to Exchange Online

Tasks following synchronization

Post-processing outstanding objects

Adding custom tables to the target system synchronization

Related topics

Managing Exchange Online mail users and Exchange Online mail contacts through account definitions

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Identity Manager 9.3 - Administration Guide for Connecting to Exchange Online

Tasks following synchronization

Post-processing outstanding objects

Adding custom tables to the target system synchronization

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Managing Exchange Online mail users and Exchange Online mail contacts through account definitions

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