How to Extract Directory Information from an LDAP Directory

 

This topic describes how to extract directory information from an LDAP directory.

Before You Begin

To successfully complete the procedure in this topic, ensure that your environment meets the following requirements:

• You have Exchange Administrator permissions.

• You have permissions to read and create organizational units and user accounts in Active Directory.

• The non-Exchange messaging system supports LDAP, and you have the required permissions to access the non-Exchange directory information.

Procedure

To extract directory information from an LDAP directory

1. Start the Exchange Migration Wizard from the Deployment program group that you can find in the Microsoft Exchange program group.

2. On the Exchange Migration Wizard Welcome page, click Next.

3. On the Migration page, select Migrate from Internet Directory (LDAP via ADSI), and then click Next.

   Migrating from an Internet directory

   

4. On the Internet Directory Migration page, click Next.

5. On the Migration Procedure page, select Extract migration files only. In the Path to migration files text box, specify the path to the directory where you want Exchange Migration Wizard to place the directory export files. For example, you can specify d:\ if your server has a drive D. Click Next.

   Extracting migration files only

   

6. On the Access Information page, specify the following information, and then click Next:

   1. In the Internet directory server name text box, specify the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address of the LDAP server that you want to connect to. If your LDAP directory requires you to specify a search base, you can add this information to the name, separated by a forward slash. For example, to access an LDAP directory on Server01 with a search base for an organization named Fabrikam, use the following information for the directory server name: server01/o=fabrikam, c=us. You can also specify organizational units, such as server01/ou=finance, o=fabrikam, c=us.

   2. Verify that the Port number is correct. The default is 389, but your LDAP server might use a custom port number.

   3. Specify an Account name and Password if anonymous access to directory information is not enabled. The user account must have rights to bind to the LDAP directory, as well the rights to access, search, and read the directory.

   4. Select the Use secure authentication option if you must use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption to authenticate your logon credentials with the LDAP directory.

   5. Select the Use encryption option to encrypt all data transmission between the Exchange Migration Wizard and the LDAP directory using SSL.

   Specifying account information to access the LDAP directory

   

7. On the Containers page, select the container from which to export recipient information, and then click Next.

   Specifying an export container

   

8. On the Account Migration page, select the users to export, and then click Next. You can use the Select All button to include all users. To select or clear multiple users, hold down the CTRL key while clicking the entry.

   Specifying users to export

   

9. On the Migration Progress page, verify that the operation completes successfully, and then click Finish.

   Completing the directory export

   

10. In the Exchange Server Migration Wizard dialog box informing you that the migration is complete and that you should check the application event log for further information, click OK.

For More Information

For conceptual information about interoperating with and migrating from other non-Exchange messaging systems to Exchange Server 2003, see Interoperating with and Migrating from Other Non-Exchange Messaging Systems to Exchange Server 2003.