Configuring AD synchronization
Shopping uses AD accounts/groups to define various roles in the Shopping process. It also relies heavily on the use of email accounts that must be associated with the AD account/group being used. In addition, it enables a user's AD defined manager to be used as an Approver.
With this in mind, Shopping provides a synchronization mechanism to keep its internally held records in line with the ones held in AD.
Controlling AD synchronization frequency
You can control the frequency of the AD synchronization using the following two Shopping Console settings:
Users and Machines, AD Sync Interval - must be set to an integer that determines the interval for synchronizing
Users and Machines, AD Sync Units - sets the units that are applied to the Interval setting.
The first synchronization occurs shortly after the Shopping Central service starts, and thereafter according to the above frequency settings.
Information synchronized with AD
Specifically, Shopping holds the following information for users, their managers, Approvers and their explicitly set deputies and updates it on a regular basis:
User information
Role | Information synchronized |
|---|---|
User | User's email User's full name User's manager |
User's manager | Manager's full name Manager's email |
Approver | Approver's email Approver's Full name |
Approver's explicitly set deputy | Deputy's email Deputy's full name |