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Account Template Synchronization

In Provisioning Manager, changes that you make to account templates affect the existing accounts as follows:

• If you change the value of a capability attribute in Provisioning Manager, the corresponding account attribute is updated, if necessary, to be in synchronization with the account template attribute value. See the description of weak and strong synchronization.
• Certain account attributes are designated by the connector as not being updated on account template changes. Examples are certain attributes that the endpoint type only allows to be set during account creation, and the Password attribute, where you would not want to accidentally reset all user's passwords with an inadvertent Yes response.

After you modify an account template in Provisioning Manager, the Account Template Attribute Changes dialog appears. This dialog lists the account attributes that have changed and the account attributes that will be updated if you answer Yes to the question to update account attributes now. The dialog distinguishes the three kinds of attributes described previously with regard to how they affect accounts (initial attribute, capability attribute, template-only attribute).

Note: If you update attributes that affect the account template only, the dialog does not open. Moreover, in some endpoint types, fields on the property sheet do not correspond with the account attributes on a one-to-one basis; therefore, two or more fields might affect a single attribute.