What's New in the Oracle Identity Manager Connector for Microsoft Active Directory?

This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the Microsoft Active Directory connector in release 9.0.4 of the Oracle Identity Manager connector pack.

See Also:

The 9.0.3.1 release of this guide for information about updates that were new for the 9.0.3.1 release

The updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:

• Software Updates

  These include updates made to the connector software.

• Documentation-Specific Updates

  These include major changes made to the connector documentation. These changes are not related to software updates.

See Also:

Oracle Identity Manager Release Notes

Software Updates

This section discusses updates made to this release of the connector software.

Configuring the Reconciliation of User Account Status

If you want to configure the reconciliation of user account status from Microsoft Active Directory to Oracle Identity Manager, then perform the procedure described in the "Configuring the Connector for Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.0.1.3" section.

Changes in the Connector Files on the Installation Media

The "Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector" section reflects the changes made to the connector files bundled on the installation media.

Enabling Logging

By following the instructions in the "Enabling Logging" section, you can configure the generation of log information that is specific to the target system.

Partial Reconciliation

The CustomizedReconQuery parameter has been added to the IT resource definition. You can use this parameter to customize the query that the reconciliation module uses to determine the records to be retrieved from the target system. The CustomizedReconQuery parameter is explained in the following sections:

• Defining IT Resources

• Partial Reconciliation

Batched Reconciliation

In this release of the connector, user reconciliation schduled task is added with attributes such as StartRecord, BatchSize, and NumberofBatches. By specifying values for these attributes, you can reconcile users in various batches. These attributes are discussed in the following sections:

• User Reconciliation Scheduled Task

• Batched Reconciliation

Documentation-Specific Updates

The following documentation-specific updates have been made in this release of the guide:

• Instructions in the "Determining the Release Number of the Connector" section have been revised.

• The "Adding Custom Attributes for Provisioning" section describes the procedure to add add custom attributes for provisioning.

• Some of the content from the Chapter 2 of the earlier release of this guide has been moved to Chapter 3.