How to Configure and Authenticate External Directories

As a desktop support analyst, you use external directories for authentication. Using the external directories in the DSM Explorer, you can do the following tasks:

Authenticate users, including native mode Active Directory users.
Authorize users by mapping security profiles to entities in the directory.
Define Query Groups with targets matching computers or users held in a container on a directory.
Target the deployment of agents.
Produce reports using a hierarchy obtained from a directory.

To authenticate using external directories, perform the following steps:

Perform the following steps:

Add a Directory to the Repository
(Optional) Import a Certificate (LDAPS only)
Verify the Configured Directory
Authenticate the Configured Directory
Verify the Directory Authentication