allows you to create and configure synchronization rules to generate values for target object attributes. These rules support three synchronization types:
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Direct synchronization: Assigns the value of a source object attribute to the target object attribute you specify.
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Script-based synchronization: Uses your custom Windows PowerShell script to generate the target object attribute value.
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Rule-based synchronization: Uses your custom synchronization rules to generate the target object attribute value you want.
provides flexible rules for generating the Distinguished Names (DNs) for the created objects. These DN generation rules allow you to ensure that the created objects are named in full compliance with the naming conventions existing in your organization.
To meet your organizational policies and save both time and effort, you can schedule and automate the configured data synchronization tasks with .
To access external data systems, uses so-called "connectors", enabling to read and synchronize identity data from the specific data systems.
can connect to the following data systems:
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Data sources accessible via an OLE DB provider.
NOTE: To create a connection to an OLE DB-compliant relational database, the OLE DB Connector requires any version of Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server that is supported by Microsoft to be installed on the machine running .
The Active Roles installer is shipped with and automatically installs Microsoft OLE DB Driver 19.x for SQL Server.
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Delimited text files.
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IBM AS/400, IBM Db2, and IBM RACF systems.
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LDAP directory service.
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Micro Focus NetIQ Directory systems.
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The following Microsoft services and resources:
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Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) with the domain or forest functional level of Windows Server 2016 or higher.
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Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) running on any Windows Server operating system supported by Microsoft.
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Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) using Microsoft Graph API version 1.0.
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Exchange Online services.
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Exchange Server with the following versions:
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Lync Server version 2013 with limited support.
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SharePoint 2019, 2016, or 2013.
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SharePoint Online service.
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Skype for Business 2019, 2016 or 2015.
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Skype for Business Online service.
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SQL Server, any version supported by Microsoft.
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One Identity Active Roles version 7.4.3, 7.4.1, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, and 6.9.
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One Identity Manager version 8.0 and 7.0 (D1IM 7.0).
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OpenLDAP directory service.
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Oracle Database, Oracle Database User Accounts, and Oracle Unified Directory data systems.
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MySQL databases.
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Salesforce systems.
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SCIM-based data systems.
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ServiceNow systems.
For more information on using these connectors, see External data systems supported with built-in connectors in the Active Roles Administration Guide.
