Assigning credentials in Active Directory - In Active Directory, you can assign credentials to your users before importing them into Security Center. - Security Center 5.13 - Integration guides

Active Directory Integration Guide 5.13
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Security Center
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5.13
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5.13
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Last updated
2025-05-27

In Active Directory, you can assign credentials to your users before importing them into Security Center.

What you should know

Credentials in Active Directory are for access control only, and not for login authorization or Windows credentials. Assign credentials only to users in Active Directory who you want to import in Security Center as part of a cardholder security group.
NOTE: Make sure the values that you provide for the facility code and the card number fall within the allowed ranges for your card formats. Otherwise, you get an error when you import or synchronize them to Security Center. For information about card formats and their accepted ranges, see About credentials.

Procedure

  1. In the Active Directory Users and Computers window, click View and ensure Advanced Features is selected. This setting must be selected to view the Attribute Editor tab.
  2. In the Active Directory Users and Computers window, right-click the user you want to assign credentials to.
  3. Select Properties.
    The User Properties window opens.
  4. Click the Attribute Editor tab.
  5. In the Attributes section, select an unused attribute with a Unicode string format, for example, msDS.cloudExtensionAttribute1.
    1. Double click the attribute.
    2. In the Value field, enter your desired facility code.
    3. Click OK.
  6. (Optional) Create your own attribute.
  7. Select another unused Unicode string attribute.
    1. Double click the attribute.
    2. In the Value field, enter the corresponding card number credential.
    3. Click OK.
  8. Click Apply > OK.

After you finish