Release Notes

Quest One Quick Connect Express for Active Directory

Version 5.2.0

Release Notes

December 28, 2012

Contents

Welcome to Quest One Quick Connect Express for Active Directory

New in This Release

Resolved Issues and Enhancements

Known Issues

Upgrade and Compatibility

System Requirements

Global Operations

Getting Started

For More Information

Welcome to Quest One Quick Connect Express for Active Directory

Quest One Quick Connect Express for Active Directory is an option of Quick Connect Sync Engine.

With Quick Connect Express for Active Directory installed, you can connect Quick Connect Sync Engine to Active Directory domains and AD LDS (ADAM) instances to synchronize identity information between these data systems and other systems to which Quick Connect Sync Engine is connected.

Quick Connect Express for Active Directory allows you to perform the following operations on the supported data systems:

• Provision users
• Update identity data
• Deprovision users
• Synchronize passwords between two Active Directory domains or from a source Active Directory domain to another connected system
• Synchronize SID history between two Active Directory domains

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New in This Release

This release of Quick Connect Express for Active Directory offers the following major new features:

• Synchronize SID History between two Active Directory Domains. Allows you to synchronize SID history between user objects in two Active Directory domains. For example, you may want to synchronize SID history when migrating users from one Active Directory domain to the other. For instructions on how to synchronize SID history, see Quick Connect Express for Active Directory Quick Start Guide.
• Silent Installation. Allows you to perform a silent (unattended) installation of Quick Connect Express for Active Directory by running a command at a command prompt. For more information, see the Quick Connect Express for Active Directory Quick Start Guide.
• Use LDAP Queries to Filter Connection Scope. Allows you to narrow the number of Active Directory or AD LDS (ADAM) objects participating in the connection scope by setting up filter conditions for specific object types. You can select the Active Directory or AD LDS (ADAM) object types for which you want to configure filter conditions, and then use LDAP queries to specify filter conditions where these objects will be included in the connection scope. For more information, see Quick Connect Express for Active Directory Quick Start Guide.
• Support for Back Link Attributes in Active Directory. Allows you to work with any back link attributes existing in the Active Directory schema.

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Resolved Issues and Enhancements

There are no issues resolved and enhancements implemented in this Quick Connect Express for Active Directory release.
 

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Known Issues

There are no issues known to exist in this release of Quick Connect Express for Active Directory

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Upgrade and Compatibility

You can upgrade to Quick Connect Express for Active Directory version 5.2.0 from Quick Connect Express for Active Directory version 5.1.0 or later.

To upgrade, install Quick Connect Express for Active Directory 5.2.0 on the computer where an earlier version of the product is installed. During upgrading, setup transfers the product configuration to the new installation of Quick Connect Express for Active Directory.

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System Requirements

This section provides system requirements for installing and running Quick Connect Express for Active Directory.

Supported Data Systems

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Global Operations

This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation. This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. It supports simultaneous operation with multilingual data. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Far-East Asia, Japan.

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Getting Started

Installation Instructions

Before installing Quick Connect Express for Active Directory, make sure that the System Requirements are met.

For installation instructions, see the Quick Start Guide supplied with this release of Quick Connect Express for Active Directory.

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For More Information

Contacting Quest Software:

Refer to our Web site for regional and international office information.

Contacting Quest Support:

Quest Support is available to customers who have a trial version of a Quest product or who have purchased a Quest product and have a valid maintenance contract. Quest Support provides unlimited 24x7 access to our Support Portal at www.quest.com/support.

From our Support Portal, you can do the following:

• Retrieve thousands of solutions from our Knowledgebase
• Download the latest releases and service packs
• Create, update and review Support cases

View the Global Support Guide for a detailed explanation of support programs, online services, contact information, policies and procedures.
The guide is available at www.quest.com/support.

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