Microsoft Active Directory Integration

Integrations with Other Systems

 

 

Understanding Base DN

The Base DN field is where you can specify the distinguished name (DN) of a subset of the Active Directory hierarchy (a domain, subset of domains, or organizational unit) to which you want to restrict the Polycom DMA system. It acts like a filter.

The diagram below illustrates how choosing different Base DN values affects which parts of a forest are included in the directory integration.

 

nwind.com

 

 

 

 

(0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

nwind.net

 

 

 

 

(11)

eng.nwind.com

mkt.nwind.com

 

 

(1)

(6)

 

 

 

west.eng.nwind.com

west.mkt.nwind.com

 

fin.nwind.com

 

 

(9)

(2)

(7)

 

[Org. unit:

 

 

 

Planning (10)]

east.eng.nwind.com

east.mkt.nwind.com

 

 

(3)

 

(8)

 

 

team1.east.eng.nwind.com

team2.east.eng.nwind.com

 

 

 

(4)

(5)

 

 

 

 

Use this Base DN:

To include the following:

 

All Domains

 

 

0-11

 

DC=nwind,DC=com

 

 

0-10

 

DC=nwind,DC=net

 

 

11

 

DC=eng,DC=nwind,DC=com

 

1-5

 

DC=mkt,DC=nwind,DC=com

 

6-8

 

DC=fin,DC=nwind,DC=com

 

9 & 10

 

DC=west,DC=eng,DC=nwind,DC=com

 

2

 

DC=east,DC=eng,DC=nwind,DC=com

 

3-5

 

OU=Planning,DC=fin,DC=nwind,DC=com

10

The Base DN field defaults to All Domains (which is equivalent to specifying an empty base DN in a query). Initially, the only other option is to enter a custom DN value. The first time you tell the system to connect to the Active Directory server, leave Base DN set to All Domains.

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