Google Apps Directory Sync Administration Guide - Manual (Page 38)

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The administrator decides that MobiStep needs to synchronize:
• OUs
• Users
• Aliases
• Groups (mailing lists)
• Shared contacts
• Calendar resources
The mailing lists in the LDAP server use the attribute member to store the members of each mailing list, and
the member attribute contains the full DN of the mailing list members, rather than their email address. The
GADS administrator notes this attribute, and notes that it is a reference attribute, not a literal attribute.
Because the LDAP user profile information on the LDAP server is not in a standard format across
organizations, the Google Apps administrator decides not to synchronize this information.
The LDAP administrator creates a custom attribute and populates the attribute with a randomly-generated
one-time password. The Google Apps administrator sets up a mail merge to send out these passwords to
users along with information on how to activate their accounts.
The Google Apps identifies that there are some users in the contractors OU that are no longer with the
company and should not be synchronized. The administrator looks through these users and notes that all
of them match a regular expression (the user addresses all begin with “defunct”) and notes this to create
exceptions in Google Apps.
Step Four: Prepare Google Apps for Synchronization
Once you know what to synchronize, there are a few miscellaneous steps you’ll need to take to prepare for
synchronization.
Google Apps Authentication
GADS needs to log into Google Apps to update information. GADS will generate an OAuth token during
configuration, and use that token to connect and synchronize. To authorize GADS you will need a Google
Apps super administrator username and password.
For more information, see “Google Apps Connection Settings” on page 54.
Enable APIs
You must enable API access on your Google Apps domain for GADS to work. See Administrative APIs and
API and control panel configuration for Google Apps Directory Sync articles for more information.