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The following scheduling options are available:
Distribution Service: Sets the synchronization schedule with the Policy Distribution Service.
Policy Data and Activity: Sets the synchronization schedule with policy updates.
Management Data: Sets the policy synchronization with the Management Service.
Enterprise Structure: Sets the synchronization schedule with the enterprise directory service
(eDirectory, Active Directory, NT Domain, and LDAP). Changes in the enterprise directory
service are monitored so that corresponding changes in user-policy assignments are detected
and sent to the Policy Distribution Service for Client authentication.
Client Reporting: Sets the frequency that the Management Service interrogates for and
downloads reporting data from the Policy Distribution Service.
Keep Alert Data for x Days: Configures alerts based on a snapshot of data reported by the
endpoints. To optimize performance, and to ensure that alerts are relevant to recent activity,
you can se the storage threshold based on a number of days.

5.3.2 Authenticating Directories

Policies are distributed to end users by interrogating the Enterprise's existing directory service
(eDirectory, Active Directory, and NT Domains). The Authenticating Directories service is
responsible for handling end-user credentials and authentication issues for the Policy Distribution
Service.
NT Domain is supported only when the Management Service is installed on a Windows 2000 or
Windows 2000 advanced server (SP4).
An initial directory service is normally detected and monitored during the Management Service
communication check at installation. Authenticating Directories can, if required, manage users from
multiple directories and multiple directory platforms.
Figure 5-4
All information, with the exception of the directory type may be updated.
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