Enable Active Directory User Discovery and Add Attribute Extensions
App Portal / App Broker 2020 R1
App Portal / App Broker collects data from discovery in your deployment system. Active Directory User Discovery must be enabled in System Center Configuration Manager, Altiris Client Management Suite, and /or Casper for App Portal / App Broker to function properly.
Additional Active Directory user discovery extensions are also required. There are twelve (12) attribute extensions that App Portal / App Broker relies on. It is necessary to inventory the additional Active Directory attributes and have them present in your deployment system before you start the user/device sync process in App Portal / App Broker.
Caution:The user discoverable attribute displayName is required to be extended in System Center Configuration Manager and/or Altiris Client Management Suite. This needs to be done before the starting the user/device sync process in App Portal / App Broker or the process will fail.
To add Active Directory user discovery attribute extensions, perform the following steps.
To add Active Directory user discovery attribute extensions:
| 1. | Confirm that at least one account in the domain being inventoried has the following Active Directory attributes populated: |
DisplayName
Email Address
Department
Title
Full User Name
User Name
Last Name
First Name
Office
Manager
Company
City
Postal Code
| 2. | Once confirmed, open the Active Directory User Discovery method in the System Center Configuration Manager Console and/or Altiris Management Console and include the following attributes in addition to the existing ones: |
displayName
department
title
sn
givenName
physicalDeliveryOfficeName
distinguishedName
manager
company
l (lower case L) (Only enter the letter l!)
postalCode
Important:This is only required if you are using standard discovery from System Center Configuration Manager or Altiris. If you are providing a custom SQL script to perform user and computer discovery, these steps are not required.
| 3. | Initiate a discovery, and once the discovery process is complete, verify that a user account in the All Users collection has the additional attributes listed above. |
App Portal / App Broker 2020 R1 Installation GuideAugust 2020 |