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11.6.5 Importing Groups and Users from Active Directory
To avoid creating user accounts manually, you can import groups and users from Microsoft’s Active
Directory to Authentication Server. You will need to install Active Directory on a Windows Server 2008
and set up users into groups the Active Directory before following the steps below.
Note:
1. This feature only supports Windows Server 2008.
2. User accounts in Active Directory need to be grouped into Groups settings first, because only
groups can be imported into Authentication Server.
1. Click the Account Setup button (No.3, Figure 11-24) and select AD Setup to access the active
directory setup page. This dialog box appears.
Figure 11-28
2. Under Source Database, select Active Directory to enable the function.
3. To connect to the server with Active Directory:
a. Type the Server IP Address and the Port number of the server.