Synchronize Active Directory Organizational Units to Yeastar P-Series Software Edition
This topic describes how to customize the synchronization rule for Active Directory (AD) organizational units, PBX system will synchronize the specified AD organizational units to either PBX organizations or extension groups accordingly.
Limitation
The number of AD organizational units that can be synced depends on the organizations / extension groups that PBX system can create, as the following table shows.
Maximum Number of Extensions (N) | N ≤ 500 | N > 500 |
---|---|---|
Maximum number of organizations | 100 | 1000 |
Maximum number of extension groups | 63 | 63 |
Prerequisites
You have integrated Yeastar P-Series Software Edition with Active Directory .
Procedure
- Log in to PBX web portal, go to .
- In the Organizational Unit Synchronization section,
turn on the switch.
- Configure the following synchronization settings according to your need.
- Mirror organizational units
- Mirror organizational units from Active Directory and retain the hierarchical structure.
- Synchronize organizational units based on user object property
- Synchronize organizational units based on the value of a specific user object property.
- Click Save.Note:
- If it is the FIRST time you save the synchronization-related settings, PBX will perform the initial synchronization immediately.
- Otherwise, you can manually perform a directory synchronization or wait for the automatic directory synchronization.
Result
You have created your custom synchronization rule for AD organizational units.
During a synchronization process, PBX system performs LDAP queries within the Active Directory based on the rule, and synchronize the desired AD organizational units as well as the updated information to PBX. After the synchronization, the followings can be implemented:
- You can check the synchronization result in the Organizational
Unit Synchronization section.
- The PBX organizations/extension groups associated with AD organizational
units come with a label
, and can NOT be deleted.
- You can NOT manually update the information of the associated PBX
organizations, or the name and group member of the associated PBX extension
groups.Note: The information can only be modified within the Active Directory and updated to the PBX during a synchronization.