Microsoft Active Directory Integration

Integrations with Other Systems

 

 

Microsoft Active Directory Page

The following table describes the fields on the Microsoft Active Directory page.

Table 7-1

Fields on the Microsoft Active Directory page

 

 

 

Field

 

Description

 

 

Enable integration with

Enables the Active Directory integration fields and the

Microsoft Active

Update button, which initiates a connection to the

Directory® Server

Microsoft Active Directory.

 

 

Connection Status

 

 

 

<server name and

The Polycom DMA system server(s) and one or more of

icons>

 

the following status icons for each:

 

 

Warning – Appears only if an error has occurred.

 

 

Hover over it to see a description of the problem or

 

 

problems.

 

 

Connected – This is real-time status. The system

 

 

connects to the Active Directory every 5 seconds while

 

 

this page is displayed.

 

 

Disconnected – The system either isn’t integrated

 

 

with Active Directory or is unable to connect.

 

 

Encrypted – Appears only if the connection to the

 

 

directory is encrypted.

 

 

 

Status

 

OK indicates that the server successfully connected to

 

 

the Active Directory. If it didn’t, an error message

 

 

appears.

 

 

If you’re an administrator, this label is a link to the Active

 

 

Directory Integration Report.

 

 

User and group cache

Shows the state of the server’s cache of directory data

 

 

and when it was last updated.

 

 

Total users/rooms

Number of enterprise users and enterprise conference

 

 

rooms in the cache. The difference between the two, if

 

 

any, is the number of conference room errors.

 

 

Note: If you don’t specify an Active Directory attribute

 

 

for conference room ID generation, the number of rooms

 

 

is zero.

 

 

 

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