Entering an ADS Path

This topic is relevant if you wish to use the Active Directory page to add users from Microsoft Active Directory (AD).

The Active Directory Services (ADS) path uniquely represents each object in the ADS. This can be compared to your mailing address. If the path showed "United States, Arizona," then all addresses in the state would be displayed. In contrast, "United States, Arizona, Pima County, Tucson, Eastside Loop" would display only the addresses on that street.

To retrieve the network’s Global Address List (GAL), you can enter the correct ADS path for a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) connection in the "Exchange ADS Path" preference, which is located in the String Preferences area of the Preferences page. LDAP is a set of protocols used to access contact information from a server (in this case, a Windows AD server). This path is necessary to retrieve e-mail addresses from the network's GAL.

If you do not plan to implement this functionality, leave the three Exchange preferences blank. If your server supports CDO 1.21, the Exchange ADS Path preference can be left blank and the Exchange Profile Name and Exchange Server Name preferences can be used to access the network's GAL via a CDO connection.

LDAP Connection String Examples

Although each ADS path will be unique, it will follow this general format for a Windows/Exchange system:

LDAP://YourDomain.local/OU=Users,DC=YourDomain,DC=local

If there is a problem resolving the name, try using the IP address instead:

LDAP://10.0.0.25/OU=Users,DC=YourDomain,DC=local