Synchronize Users And Groups From Active Directory
Meridian Enterprise user accounts and groups can be created either manually as described in the preceding topics or by synchronizing them from a Microsoft Active Directory as described in this topic. The user and group information can be kept synchronized with the Active Directory to prevent double data entry.
User accounts in nested Active Directory groups will be synchronized with their associated Meridian Enterprise user accounts but Meridian Enterprise groups may not be nested.
To synchronize users and groups from Active Directory:
- In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the System Management group, click USER MANAGEMENT. The Users page appears and lists the existing user accounts.
- In the menu, click AD SYNC. The Sync User Groups page appears.
- If the Active Directory server options have not already been configured:
- In the ACTIVE DIRECTORY group, click CHANGE. The MICROSOFT DIRECTORY SERVER dialog box appears.
- Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.
- Click OK.
- In the app bar, click RUN. A background task is started and users can continue working.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
|
AD server |
The name of the Active Directory server that you want to import from. |
|
User name |
The name of a user account on the Active Directory server with permissions to read the Active Directory. |
|
Password |
The password of the user account. |
|
Synchronize |
Select an option to specify how often to synchronize the Meridian Enterprise user accounts and groups from the Active Directory server. |
|
Rename duplicate accounts |
Enable this option to rename existing Meridian Enterprise user account and group names if identical names are imported from Active Directory. |
To schedule the synchronization of users and groups from Active Directory:
- Configure the Active Directory server options as described in the preceding task.
- In the app bar, click SCHEDULE. The SCHEDULE dialog box appears. This dialog box requires the same input as the Windows Task Scheduler.
- Configure the scheduled task to run when you require and then click SCHEDULE. The task is created and the synchronization will run on the configured schedule.
