Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the world’s premier publisher of enterprise software, operating systems, and office suites. Microsoft’s mission, “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more” has positioned Microsoft as a leader in enabling digital transformation via its intelligent cloud.
Microsoft Active Directory is Microsoft’s directory service offering, developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. Active Directory provides customers domain services (device management), directory services (user management), certificate services, and rights management on a federated platform that scales for the world’s largest organizations.
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The braXos LDAP Connector, when deployed into the braXos Steward middleware platform, allows Microsoft Active Directory customers the flexibility of synchronizing data into and out of directory services. Furthermore, the dynamic rules engine at the heart of braXos Steward middleware allows complex synchronization rules to be defined that satisfy the most demanding synchronization requirements. Users of the connector can:
- Perform near real-time synchronization of Active Directory objects into other systems, such as access control systems, for on-boarding/off-boarding automation
- Qualify participation in the synchronization based upon the container in which the objects reside, the groups in which the object is a member (either directly or recursively), any attribute on the object itself, or any combination of the above
- Map security groups into access control access levels, so physical access to controlled spaces can be managed by the Active Directory administrator through the assignment of an employee into a particular group
- Provision security credential information from the enterprise access control platform into Active Directory, facilitating additional security automation with LDAP-based enterprise products such as card reader enabled printers, vending machines, etc.
- Persist picture information from the system of record for employee photos (e.g.: the access control system) into Active Directory, for use by Microsoft Office, Outlook, SharePoint, and other enterprise products
From large school districts to corporations to governmental organizations, Active Directory customers have maximized their investment in directory services by utilizing the power of the braXos LDAP Connector and the braXos Steward middleware solution.