Active Directory Import Options - ADDER .NET User Manual

Active Directory Import Options

This page lists a summary of all folders found during a scan of the
registered Active Directory. It also allows you to specify which Users and
User Groups ADDER.NET should import and maintain synchronisation
from the external Active Directory. This is done by specifying particular
Folders within the Active Directory from which to import Users and User
Groups, and further refining this with the use of LDAP Filters. When this
page is displayed for the first time, ADDER.NET will scan the external
Active Directory for folders and save/display what it finds.
To display this page, click the Import options link in the Active Directory
Update page. Note: The 'Import options' link is only displayed once valid
LDAP server details have been entered.
When all settings have been made, click Submit Changes.
For details about LDAP Filters, and their syntax, please refer to the Microsoft®
Active Directory documentation. ADDER.NET will pass the LDAP Filters specified
here to the Active Directory – this can be used to further refine the specific Users
and User Groups to be imported from a particular folder.
Click here to refresh the list - Note: This will reinstate all available folders,
including any that were previously deleted from the ADDER.NET list.
Each Filter field allows the specification of a subset of the entries in a particular
folder to be included in the update. Only entries which match a filter are
included. The filters require standard LDAP notation. A bad filter will cause the
filter to be shown with a red background. A modified row (including changes
to the Filter and Users and Groups selection) will show the filter with a blue
background until "Submit Changes" is clicked so that pending changes can be
seen.
The Users and Groups checkboxes allow you to decide whether users and/or
groups respectively from the folders that match the corresponding filter are
updated.
Within the User Count and Group Count, ADDER.NET will display how many
Users and Groups would be imported from this Folder.
The Check/Delete drop down box works in association with the check boxes that
are located directly above. You can use the 'Select All' option to include every
folder.
• When 'Check' is selected, click the Go button to preview the results of an
import procedure as determined by the folders that are selected. The preview
results are presented in the User Count and Group Count columns and also in
the Check Results section in the lower portion of the screen.
• When 'Delete' is selected, click the Go button to remove the folders that are
selected. Note: The delete option is provided to allow you to declutter the list
by removing folders that will never be used. Folders are not removed from the
Active Directory, only from ADDER.NET's list. The deleted folders can be re-
instated collectively (but not individually) by re-scanning the Active Directory
for folders.
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