LDAPS User Sync Profile

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Base Settings

-Description : A short description to identify the sync profile

-Ldap Server : IP address or host name of the directory server to collect information from. Password reset will only work over LDAPS://

-Ldap User : Username to bind to when collecting

-Ldap Password : Password to use when collecting information from the server

User Settings

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-Search Container : The qualified name for the container to look for users. eg, OU=students, OU=users, DC=yourdomain, DC=com

This is how the search container will look in Active Directory

-Role : Users created with this sync profile will have the selected role

-Mail Field : User attribute containing primary email address

-Alternative Email Addresses Field : Additional email addresses for a user can be imported here

-Import UPN as an alternative email address : This option will make sure a user's UPN will always be present in the Alternative Addresses for that user

-Username Field : User attribute containing the username

-Allow email address in username : Allows users to have an email address as their username, this may have unexpected side-effects and each email address must be unique

-GUID Field : User attribute containing a unique and immutable identifier

-First Name Field : User attribute containing the user's surname

-SIS Id Field : The LDAP attribute that stores the SIS ID for a user. This field is important for Canvas and other services