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Directory Servers Supported by Siebel Business Applications

This topic outlines the directory servers supported by the Siebel LDAP and ADSI security adapters.

Siebel Business Applications support the following directories:

• LDAP directory servers. Siebel Business Applications support any directory server that meets both of the following requirements:
  • The LDAP directory server is compliant with the LDAP 3.0 standard
  • Password management is handled in either one of the following ways:
    • The directory server implements the IETF password policy draft (09) standard
    • Password management functions, such as password expiry and other password-messaging features, are handled externally to the directory server
• Active Directory servers. Siebel Business Applications support any Active Directory server that is supported by Microsoft.

  Siebel support for Microsoft Active Directory requires the native connector shipped with the operating systems that are supported for Siebel Business Applications on Microsoft Windows servers. Support for Active Directory is limited to either:

  • Specific active directory connectors based on the operating systems supported by the release. The Active Directory connector used to connect with an Active Directory schema must be deemed compatible by Microsoft.
  • Use of only the LDAP version 3-compliant set of features supported by Active Directory. In this instance, Active Directory functions as an LDAP server.

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