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Using the Active Directory Synchronizer
The FaxPress Active Directory Synchronizer can be used to create new FaxPress users from
existing Active Directory users. When the Active Directory Synchronizer is executed the
first time, it imports Active Directory users from specified groups, and uses them to create
new FaxPress users and groups. From the second execution on, the Active Directory
Synchronizer simply performs an update function. This update function may add or delete
users, or modify user properties information.
Active Directory users all have email addresses and display names, so all FaxPress user
accounts created from Active Directory accounts will contain email addresses and display
names as well. Active Directory user accounts without display names or email addresses
will still be used to create FaxPress user accounts, but will not be recorded in the user
mapping data file.
Certain modifications to Active Directory will not be detected by the FaxPress server.
When a user is removed from an existing Active Directory group, but still exists as an
individual user in Active Directory, the Synchronizer is unable to detect this kind of
modification. This user will remain in its original group on the FaxPress server. The Active
Directory Synchronizer will only delete users from the FaxPress server if those users are
first deleted as individual users from Active Directory.
User Mapping and the Email Gateway Service
After importing Active Directory users to FaxPress server, the Active Directory
Synchronizer automatically creates the User Mapping information required by the FaxPress
Email Gateway. User mapping will be created whether or not the Email Gateway service is
started or stopped.
See your FaxPress Email Gateways Guide for more user mapping information.
Configuring the Active Directory Synchronizer
To use the FaxPress’s Active Directory Synchronizer service:
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You must join the FaxPress to your network domain. Although FaxPress is DHCP
enabled, it will not automatically be joined to the network domain as part of the
setup.
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You must either identify an existing Active Directory group or create a new Active
Directory group (e.g., "FPP Users") that will be used to define the new users and
groups on the FaxPress. Active Directory groups used for this purpose should
contain users only, rather than containing other groups. With the automatic
accounts generated by the server (e.g., Guest account, Terminal Services account),
using the default Domain Users Group for this purpose is not recommended.
To configure the Active Directory Synchronizer service, follow these steps:
1. Log into FaxPress as Administrator, or as a user with administrator privileges.
2. From
the Administration view, select the Embedded Services folder.
Right-click on the Active Directory Synchronizer and click Configuration.