About Active Directory replication
Several organizations that utilize WorkZone, also use Microsoft Active Directory to manage user rights and to store user settings for WorkZone and the Microsoft network.
When using Active Directory, all users, groups, units and committees, and their privileges are defined, edited, maintained, and managed in Active Directory instead of WorkZone. However, when users in WorkZone conduct normal operations, the local user and user rights in WorkZone are used to determine which privileges a user has within WorkZone.
You must therefore periodically replicate the user definitions from Active Directory to WorkZone to keep WorkZone updated with any changes made to the user and group settings.
Additionally, you must also replicate the Active Directory user settings to WorkZone when you change any of the user settings in Microsoft Active Directory. These changes can include creating new units, groups or users, reassigning users to other units or groups, deactivating users, or generally changing the organization unit or group or committee.
Creating new users, units, groups or committees
When creating new organization units, users, groups or committees, make sure to follow the naming conventions and character restrictions for each element.
See also:
(from the Active Directory in the Installation Guide)
Organizational unit name restrictions
