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User Synchronization Using LDAP

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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a software protocol for enabling anyone to locate organizations, individuals, and other resources such as files and devices in a network, whether on the internet or on a corporate intranet. IP Office supports LDAP version 2.

LDAP synchronization allows an administrator to quickly configure the IP Office system with users and extensions for the users based on an organization’s LDAP directory. An LDAP directory is organized in a simple tree consisting of the following hierarchy of levels:

  1. The root directory (the starting place or the source of the tree)

  2. Countries

  3. Organizations

  4. Organizational units (divisions, departments, etc.)

  5. Individuals (which includes people, files, and shared resources, for example printers)

An LDAP directory can be distributed among many servers. Each server can have a replicated version of the total directory that is synchronized periodically. An LDAP server is called a Directory System Agent (DSA). An LDAP server that receives a request from a user takes responsibility for the request, passing it to other DSA's as necessary, but ensuring a single coordinated response for the user.

LDAP directory synchronization allows the IP Office telephone number directory to be synchronized with the information on an LDAP server. IP Office interoperate with any server that supports LDAP Version 2.