# Example: integrating Microsoft Active Directory Servers

This scenario shows an example of integrating Microsoft Active Directory servers.

For more information about configuring the Network Policy Server (NPS), see Microsoft’s documentation at https://⁠technet.microsoft.com.

Company B has an existing Microsoft Active Directory server that stores user information. They decide to integrate this existing server’s directory services.

The administrators:

1. Define an Active Directory Server element.
2. Add the SMC-specific classes and attributes into the Active Directory server’s configuration to be able to fully manage the user accounts through the SMC Client.
3. Define the Management Server as an LDAP client for the Active Directory server.
4. Define the Engine as an authentication client for the NPS.
5. Add an LDAP Domain element for the Active Directory server in the SMC Client.