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Limit the Tasks that Trigger User Synchronization

Identity policies are evaluated and applied during the user synchronization process. You can configure automatic synchronization by specifying one of the following user synchronization options for a task:

• On Task Completion

  CA Identity Manager starts the user synchronization process after all of the events in a task have completed.

• On Every Event

  CA Identity Manager starts the user synchronization process when each event in a task completes.

For best performance, limit the number of tasks that trigger automatic user synchronization.

Consider the following when configuring user synchronization:

• Disable user synchronization for password tasks

  In most cases, passwords are not used in identity policy conditions.

• Disable user synchronization for the Synchronize User task

  Since the Synchronize User task triggers identity policy evaluations, CA Identity Manager performs the evaluations again if the user synchronization option is enabled for this task.

• Create specialized tasks

  When possible, create tasks that execute modifications that trigger identity policy conditions and enable user synchronizations for those tasks only.