Re: understanding ADAM

From: Dmitri Gavrilov [MSFT] (dmitrig_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:34:32 -0800

Yes, you can do anything with your data with MIIS. Basically, you define the
transformation in a script that you write. Sorry, I am not an MIIS expert,
but you will find lots of info on MSDN/technet. Also, there are MS
newsgroups on MIIS, you can ask there too. 

-- 
Dmitri Gavrilov
SDE, Active Directory Core
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"RubenZ" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:12e8e01c3f79f$b8f8ce00$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Okay. Identity Integration Feature Pack can help me. ;-)
> Is it possible to define a mapping table in IIFP which
> defines that for example:
>
> ADAM dm_user-object:
>
> attribute     datatype           value
> user_name     char(32)           surname_givenname_title
> user_address  char(80)           givenname.surname@abc.com
>
>
> Active Diretory user-object:
>
> attribute     datatype           value
> sn            unicode string     surname
> givenName     unicode string     givenname
> mxExemail..   ??                 givenname.surname@abc.com
>
>
> Ruben
>
>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Yes, you can do it this way. But keep in mind that you
> >can only use ADAM for
> >>LDAP authentication. ADAM users will not be able to
> logon
> >to Windows.
> >>
> >>Do you need to do a one-time export/import, or you need
> >to keep ADAM and AD
> >>in sync? If you need to synchronize, then you'll find it
> >difficult to do
> >>this with scripts. Consider using Identity Integration
> >Pack (the free lite
> >>version of MIIS 2003).
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Dmitri Gavrilov
> >>SDE, Active Directory Core
> >>
> >>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> >confers no rights.
> >>Use of included script samples are subject to the terms
> >specified at
> >>http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
> >>
> >>"RubenZ" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >message
> >>news:1310801c3f700$0e9cbec0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>> Hi!
> >>>
> >>> I've read about the features of ADAM. I would use it to
> >>> authenticate my user accounts against active directory.
> >>>
> >>> My thought:
> >>> I've an application which can authenticate using ldap.
> >But
> >>> this application is inflexible programmed. It only
> >>> supports specific ldap attibutes and values which don't
> >>> correspond with the attributes and values contained in
> >>> active directory.
> >>>
> >>> I'll prevent changing the AD schema.
> >>>
> >>> So I'll use ADAM. I'll create some scripts which will
> >>> export user names (and some other things) from my AD,
> >then
> >>> another script will parse them into the values I need
> >and
> >>> write them into the ADAM meta directory.
> >>>
> >>> Now my application connects via LDAP to ADAM. ADAM
> >changes
> >>> the values to the form accepted from my AD and my AD
> >will
> >>> authenticate.
> >>>
> >>> Is this possible?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Ruben
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

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