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Create a common Microsoft Exchange GAL

This guide provides a step by step introduction into how to setup GALSync Pro to synchronize two Microsoft Exchange global address lists.

Configuration Guide

Synchronizing the Exchange global address lists using GALSync Pro

Before starting, please make sure you have the latest version of GALSync Pro available - to check for the latest version, please refer to http://www.uidsystems.com.

Prerequisites

  • GALSync Pro is installed (the dotNET 2.0 framework is required for GALSync to run)
  • You have a little background of Active Directory and can call for help on issues like "creating an organizationalUnit", ...

Background Information

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GALSync Pro works using the following principles:

  • Finding address book entries, objects located in an Active Directory (either user objects, group objects, object representing public folders or contact object) - Optional GALSync Pro applies a delta analysis algorithm to find only those items that have been created or changed since the last run of GALSync Pro.
  • Looking up matching items of the target address book to identify whether the object already has been synchronized and now only needs updating.
  • Applying data checking rules, e.g. to verify that attributes with a unique constraint are not is use with more than one object at a time.
  • Applying data transformation, e.g. for adjusting mail addresses whilst replicating the item from one mail domain to the other.
  • Creating or updating o bject in the target address book.
  • Logging and reporting.

With thisproduct you can not only configure, which Active Directory server to use, but also, you will be requested to supply an Active Directory container object for the source and for the target.

Source: By selecting a container, you can chose to only replicate items that are located within an area in the Active Directory, rather than looking for object in the entire domain.

Target: By selecting a container in the target, you can define where GALSync Pro isgoing to create / update the objects in the target address book holding Active Directory domain.

Technical Requirements

Synchronization user account rights required

When setting up GALSync Pro you will be requested to supply user credentials for the Active Directory server connections for both address book holding Active Directory servers.

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User credentials can be different fro reading and for writing. You will need the following:

Synchronization from address book A to address book B

  • User credentials with Read right for those objects that will be looked up in the address book holding Active Directory server A
  • User credentials with Write rights (object creation, attribute change and object deletion) in that container where GALSync Pro is going to create / update objects. You will also be asked to select the container where objects are to be stored in the address book holding Active Directory server B, so write rights can be limited to exactly that container.


Note: You can select both, the object type that will be created and secondly, the attribute that will be written to, so rights can be limited to those if required.

Synchronization from address book B to address book A

  • User credentials with Read right for those objects that will be looked up in the address book holding Active Directory server B
  • User credentials with Write rights (object creation, attribute change and object deletion) in that container where GALSync Pro is going to create / update objects. You will also be asked to select the container where objects are to be stored in the address book holding Active Directory server A, so write rights can be limited to exactly that container.


Note: You can select both, the object type that will be created and secondly, the attribute that will be written to, so rights can be limited to those if required.

Active Directory attributes

Although you can select the attributes that will be replicated, GALSync Pro required the following attributes to store general synchronization information:

Description - GALSync Pro will use the field description to store change indicator information for that object, so GALSynch Advanced can determine whether object information has changed since the last synchronization run and will need updating.

Info - GALSync Pro will use the field info to store a unique ID of the synchronization. GALSync Pro will use this information to determine whether the object in question has been created by the current synchronization run and will use that information to determine object deletion requirements (deprovisioning). Objects with a unique ID other than of the current synchronization (created by other synchronization tasks, objects created manually in the target container, ...) will not be deleted.


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