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Base DN
You also enter a Distinguished Name (DN) to specify where the search for users begins. Enter a
DN in the Base DN field to specify an Active Directory container in which the users can be found.
For example, entering: ou=DCAdmins,ou=IT,dc=xyz,dc=com will search all users in the
DCAdmins and IT organizational units under the xyz.com domain.
Active Directory (AD)
Microsoft Active Directory provides a directory service that allows organizations to administer
their networked resources. Active Directory is a directory server that is LDAP compliant and may
be used for both authentication and authorization. If your configuration uses both, there is no
need to add users to the CC-SG server since AD users are maintained independently and
exclusively on the Active Directory server.
Setup on AD Server
1. On the Active Directory server, set up an account that provides credentials for CC-SG users
to access the AD server. For example, you could set up a Command Center account in the
ServiceAccounts organizational unit (ou) under the Contuso.com domain. This account is
used to bind Active Directory to a CC-SG query.
Figure 139 Active Directory Account