Here is a high-level description of how silver level integration works for adding a new user. For an illustration see Silver Level Integration with Active Directory Services.

• Provisioning:

  • Add the user to the authoritative source (Windows Active Directory Services).

  • Do either of the following:

    • Add the user to AE Services User Management database with the CT User flag set to yes. This will effect an update to the AE Services SDB (double-entry).

    • From User Management run ldapdistributor, which imports the user information from Windows Active Directory Services (manual synchronization).

• Authentication:

  • A user attempts to log in (as a client of the TSAPI Service).

  • The user is authenticated against Windows Active Directory services based User Management.

  • User permissions are derived from the AE Services SDB (which is created by virtue of either double-entry or synchronization).