Example: Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Connected Data Sources

Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007, Feature Pack 1 supports provisioning connector space object for users and global groups in Windows NT Server 4.0.

To provision a connector space object for a user, you have to set the flags attribute of the connector space entry object to a value for a user account feature. For more information, see the usri1_flag member of the USER_INFO_1 structure in the Platform SDK.

The following Visual Basic .NET example shows how to provision objects for Windows NT Server 4.0 connected directories:

Public Sub Provision( _
         ByVal mventry As MVEntry) _
      Implements IMVSynchronization.Provision

    Dim ManagementAgent As ConnectedMA
    Dim Connectors As Integer
    Dim container As String
    Dim rdn As String
    Dim dn As ReferenceValue
    Dim csentry As CSEntry

    ManagementAgent = mventry.ConnectedMAs("Windows NT MA")
    Connectors = ManagementAgent.Connectors.Count

    If 0 = Connectors Then

        If (mventry.ObjectType = "person") Then
        csentry = ManagementAgent.Connectors.StartNewConnector("user")

        ' Set the property values to provision the object.
        csentry.DN = ManagementAgent.CreateDN(mventry("displayName").Value)
        ' Use &H201 for an enabled user account; use &H203 for a disabled user account
        csentry("flags").IntegerValue = &H201
        ' Finish creating the new connector.
        csentry.CommitNewConnector()

        ElseIf (mventry.ObjectType = "group") Then
        csentry = ManagementAgent.Connectors.StartNewConnector("group")

        ' Set the property values to provision the object
        csentry.DN = ManagementAgent.CreateDN(mventry("displayName").Value)

        ' Finish creating the new connector.
        csentry.CommitNewConnector()

        End If

    End If

End Sub

The following C# example shows how to provision objects for Windows NT Server 4.0 connected directories:

void IMVSynchronization.Provision (MVEntry mventry)
{
    ConnectedMA ManagementAgent;
    int Connectors;
    CSEntry csentry;

    ManagementAgent = mventry.ConnectedMAs["Windows NT MA"];
    Connectors = ManagementAgent.Connectors.Count;

    if(0 == Connectors)

    {
        if( mventry.ObjectType == "person" )
        {
            csentry = ManagementAgent.Connectors.StartNewConnector("user"); 

            //  Set the property values to provision the object.
            csentry.DN = ManagementAgent.CreateDN( mventry["displayName"].Value );
            // ' Use 0x201 for an enabled user account; use 0x203 for a disabled user account
            csentry["flags"].IntegerValue = 0x201;

            //  Finish creating the new connector.
            csentry.CommitNewConnector();
        }
        
        else if( mventry.ObjectType == "group" )
        {
            csentry = ManagementAgent.Connectors.StartNewConnector("group"); 
            
            //  Set the property values to provision the object.
            csentry.DN = ManagementAgent.CreateDN( mventry["displayName"].Value );

            //  Finish creating the new connector.
            csentry.CommitNewConnector();
        }
    }
}

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