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ARS background process

zzeet
over 4 years ago

Hi All,

I just wanted to know what background process does ARS do to provision objects to AD. Is it LDAP or any scripts that it run in background.

Thanks,

zzeet.

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    The Active Roles service uses a component called the "ADSI Provider" to communicate with Active Directory.  The component is provided by Quest / OneIdentity but is based on Microsoft's implementation of an LDAP-compliant API.  The principles are the same as those used for ADSI Powershell scripting.

    ADSI = Active Directory Services Interface.

    Out of the box, Active Roles itself doesn't use any scripts for operations against AD but any "add-ons" you create ("script activities" and "policy scripts") can be built as Powershell scripts.

    It might be helpful to provide some background on your question to help us to provide a better / more complete answer.

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    It is a question to Product Management. My understanding:

    Legacy version 5.x, 6.x based on VBScript MSFT platform used "wrappers" around ADSI/LDAP API for AD and MAPI for Exchange 2000/2003, Win32 for Window OS. Was it VBScript or compiled .exe - it is question to devs.

    New 7.x version was recoded based on ADSI/LDAP and PS1 scripting for AD and Exchange 2010 and upper - the "wrappes" around native MSFT platform API. Is it .NET or PS1 scripting in the code: probably both.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to JohnnyQuest

    Is there any alternative to ARS. We were thinking of creating a service like ARS.