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Installing the Active Directory Synchronisation service

August 01, 2011 • Customer Services       

Synopsis

Article

The Active Directory Synchronisation Service is a system service that runs on Windows Server 2003 and above. The purpose of the service is to synchronise the Active Directory structure with the CensorNet Professional server, specified during installation. With the service running, you do not need to manually update CensorNet with changes to the Active Directory (users, groups, etc). 

The service can synchronise based on Organisational Unit (OU) or Primary Group.

Download

The Active Directory Synchronisation service is available as an MSI package.

• for Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008r2 (751Kb)

Requirements:

• Administrator rights on the computer you are installing onto
• CensorNet Professional v1.5.x or above
• .NET 3.5 framework

Installation

First, you should set a synchronisation password by opening up the CensorNet Professional web control panel and going to Objects -> Synchronise -> with Active Directory on the CensorNet server.

Next, you should run the MSI package that you downloaded above.

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 NOTE: You must download this registry file and run it first. Then right click on the CensorNet Synchronisation Service install file and choose "Run as Administrator". 

You will be prompted to enter:

• CensorNet proxy IP address: this is the IP address of the CensorNet Professional server.
• Sync password: This is the password you set via the web control panel above.

Next, you will be prompted to select the synchronisation method - by Organisational Unit (OU) or Primary Group.

You can change the details after installation by using the Service Monitor, which is installed under Start -> All Programs.

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