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This function allows you to connect to an existing Active Directory server. You can also observe the status of this connection and check if users and groups were recently synchronized.
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial;  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  background-color: transparent;  font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline">This function allows you to connect to an existing Active Directory server. You can also observe the status of this connection and check when users and groups were recently synchronised.</span></span>


To connect to the existing AD click the “'''Join AD server'''" button.
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial;  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  background-color: transparent;  font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline">Status description:</span></span>
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<li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial;  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  background-color: transparent;  font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline">Connection - shows whether we are connected to AD server or not</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial;  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  background-color: transparent;  font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline">Users/groups list - shows when lists of users and groups were last synchronised or if they are synchronising</span></span></li>
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Status description:
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial;  color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  background-color: transparent;  font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline">Users and groups are synchronised with Active Directory server every 2 hours. Synchronisation can also be started manually by using the “Synchronise” button.</span></span>
 
*Connection - shows whether you are connected to an AD server or not,
*Users/groups list - shows when were the lists of users and groups last synchronized or if they are synchronizing.
 
Users and groups are synchronized with an Active Directory server every 2 hours. Synchronization can also be started manually by using the “'''Synchronize'''” button.
 
Optionally, you can set the “'''AD server authentication settings'''”. In this case, you must fill in the following fields:
 
*Realm,
*Server IP,
*Administrator name,
*Password.
 
'''NOTE''': Password cannot contain:
 
*special characters such as ' " ` ^ & $ # ~ [ ] \ / | *
*spaces,
*less than 12 and more than 16 characters.


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Revision as of 15:53, 25 March 2019

This function allows you to connect to an existing Active Directory server. You can also observe the status of this connection and check when users and groups were recently synchronised.

Status description:

  • Connection - shows whether we are connected to AD server or not
  • Users/groups list - shows when lists of users and groups were last synchronised or if they are synchronising

Users and groups are synchronised with Active Directory server every 2 hours. Synchronisation can also be started manually by using the “Synchronise” button.

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