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Integration between HCL Unica and Windows Active Directory
Unica Platform can be configured to integrate with Windows™ Active Directory server or another LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server. By integrating Unica with a directory server, you can maintain users and groups in one centralized location. Integration provides a flexible model for extending the enterprise authorization policies into Unica applications. Integration reduces support costs and the time needed to deploy an application in production.
Configuration process roadmap: Active Directory integration
Use this configuration process roadmap to scan the tasks required to integrate Unica with Windows™ Active Directory. The Topic column provides links to the topics that describe the tasks in detail.

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    - Integration between HCL Unica and Windows Active Directory
      Unica Platform can be configured to integrate with Windows™ Active Directory server or another LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server. By integrating Unica with a directory server, you can maintain users and groups in one centralized location. Integration provides a flexible model for extending the enterprise authorization policies into Unica applications. Integration reduces support costs and the time needed to deploy an application in production.
      - Active Directory integration features
        Unica Platform integration with Windows™ Active Directory provides the features described in this section.
      - Active Directory integration prerequisites
        To take advantage of the Windows™ Active Directory integration features, Unica applications must be installed on a supported operating system.
      - Configuration process roadmap: Active Directory integration
        Use this configuration process roadmap to scan the tasks required to integrate Unica with Windows™ Active Directory. The Topic column provides links to the topics that describe the tasks in detail.
        Obtaining required information
        Obtain the required information about the directory server with which you want to integrate. You use this information during the configuration process, to store directory server credentials and to set configuration property values.
        Group membership, mapping, and application access
        When you plan how to map your directory server groups to Unica Platform groups, follow the guidelines described here.
        Storing directory server credentials in Unica Platform
        If your directory server does not allow anonymous access, you must configure an Unica user account to hold the user name and password of a directory server user, as described in the following procedure.
        Setting LDAP login method connection properties in HCL Unica
        LDAP login method properties specify connection details the system uses to connect to the directory server.
        Setting LDAP synchronization properties
        LDAP synchronization properties specify details that the system uses to log into the directory server and identify users to import. Some of these properties also control the frequency and other details of the automatic synchronization process.
        Setting user attributes map properties
        These properties specify the user attributes that the system imports from the directory server.
        Mapping LDAP groups to HCL Unica groups
        Users who belong to the directory server groups you map here are imported and made members of the Unica Platform group or groups specified here.
        Testing synchronization
        Verify that users and groups are correctly synchronized between your servers.
        Setting up an Active Directory user with PlatformAdminRole permissions
        When NTLMv2 authentication is enabled, you can not log in to Unica as platform_admin, so you must perform the following procedure in order to have administrator access to Unica Platform.
        Setting the security mode to enable NTLMv2 authentication
        Only if you want to enable NTLMv2 authentication, set configuration properties as described in this procedure.
        Restarting the web application server
        Restart the web application server to ensure that all of your configuration changes are applied.
        Testing login as an Active Directory user
        Verify the configuration by logging in to Unica with an appropriate Windows™ Active Directory user account.
    - Integration between HCL Unica and LDAP servers
      Unica Platform can be configured to integrate with Windows™ Active Directory server or another LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server. By integrating Unica with a directory server, you can maintain users and groups in one centralized location. Integration provides a flexible model for extending the enterprise authorization policies into Unica applications. Integration reduces support costs and the time needed to deploy an application in production.
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Configuration process roadmap: Active Directory integration

Use this configuration process roadmap to scan the tasks required to integrate Unica with Windows™ Active Directory. The Topic column provides links to the topics that describe the tasks in detail.

Table 1. Configuration process roadmap: Active Directory integration
Topic	Information
Obtaining required information	Obtain information about your Windows™ Active Directory server, which is required for integration with Unica.
Group membership, mapping, and application access	If you are using group based synchronization, identify or create the groups in Unica Platform to which you will map your Active Directory groups.
Storing directory server credentials in Unica Platform	If your directory server does not allow anonymous access (the most common configuration), configure an Unica user account to hold a directory server administrator user name and password.
Setting LDAP login method connection properties in Unica Setting LDAP synchronization properties Setting user attributes map properties Mapping LDAP groups to Unica groups	Configure the Unica Platform for integration by setting values on the Configuration page.
Testing synchronization	Verify that users are imported as expected, and if you are using group based synchronization, verify that users and groups are synchronizing properly.
Setting up an Active Directory user with PlatformAdminRole permissions	Set up administrator access to Unica Platform, required when NTLMv2 authentication is enabled.
Setting the security mode to enable NTLMv2 authentication	Set the security mode values on the Configuration page.
Configuring Internet Explorer	Set a custom security level in every instance of Internet Explorer that is used to access Unica. This is required with NTLMv2 authentication, to prevent users from being presented with the Unica login screen.
Restarting the web application server	This step is required to ensure that all of your changes are applied.
Testing login as an Active Directory user	Verify that you can log in to Unica as an Active Directory user.

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