Introduction

Before you can use the Directory Synchronization Client, you need to create a configuration profile specifying details of the data source and destination systems, as described in the below sections.

Important: Both Groups+Users configurations and configurations that combine Mail and Groups+Users require setting up multiple synchronization types. Do not forget to set up all of your synchronization types before starting a directory synchronization!
Note: The example steps that follow are based on using a Microsoft Active Directory configuration. Using a generic LDAP-compliant system is covered in Using Generic LDAP. For information on setting up the Directory Synchronization Client with other directory services such as Microsoft Azure and Google Apps, please refer to the help file within the client. This is accessed via Help > Contents.