Switch preferences: Active Directory settings

Active Directory Settings are only relevant if you want to use your existing Active Directory user accounts to define access rights for the Switch Web Portal and/or Remote Designer. For more information, refer to Setting up Switch users.

Double-clicking Active Directory information, displays a dialog with the following fields:

Property Description
Server address

Address of the Active Directory server.

Example: SERVER001.enfocus.com
Server port

Port number of the Active Directory server.

Example: 389

LDAP version

The version of the LDAP protocol used on your Active Directory server.

Example: 2 or 3 (default)

Base DN Distinguished name to be used as the search base.

Example:

Usually, users and user groups are located under the domain name. If users are stored in the folder enfocus.com, the base DN is: DC=enfocus;DC=com.

Note: If you don't know the base DN, you can leave it empty. Once you have executed an AD directory query, it will be filled in automatically.
Use pre-Windows 2000 logins This option defines how user names are generated when Active Directory users are added in the Users pane:
  • When selected, the name of an Active Directory user added in the Users pane will have the format "domain\user" (also known as pre-Windows 2000 domain name), e.g. Netbios\sAMAccountName. Make sure to also use this format for the user to be used to log on to the Active Directory server (next field).
  • When cleared, the name of an Active Directory user added in the Users pane will have the format "user@domain" (also known as the User Principal Name), e.g. user@example.com. Make sure to also use this format for the user to be used to log on to the Active Directory server (next field).
Note: Changing this option has no impact on the users already present in the Users pane. However, if needed, you can manually adjust the User names in the Users pane.
User User name to log on to the Active Directory server.

If Use pre-Windows 2000 logins is selected, the required format is "domain\user", for example: enfocus\user1

If Use pre-Windows 2000 logins is cleared, the required format is "user@domain", for example: user1@enfocus.com

Password Password to log on to the Active Directory server.
Note: To verify the connection to the Active Directory server, click the Test connection button.