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Below are the fields and descriptions of the LDAP Integration options that are located in the NocTel Control Panel under Account Preferences -> LDAP Integration.


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LDAP Integration: Turns on or off the phone integration with the LDAP server.

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TCP/UDP, Port & TLS: Depending on your LDAP server, you can select different transports, port and whether to encrypt the connection using TLS.   Typically this is configured as TCP/389 for unencrypted or TCPTVP/636 -for TLS for encrypted connections.

Login User & Login Password:  These are the credentials that the phone will use to authenticate with the LDAP server.   For Microsoft Active Directory, the User is typically in the form DOMAIN\User or User@Domain.The credentials used will differ based on your system and its setup. We recommend using the following format: CN=<value>,OU=<value>, ... ,OU=<value>, DC=<value>, ... ,DC=<value>. The format follows the form “attribute=value,”.

Where CN is the relative distinguished name of container, OU is the Organization Unit and DC is the Domain Component. The OU and DC attributes will need to be included/excluded as they fit your LDAP environment. 

Background Sync:  This is normally enabled to allow the handset to update it’s its database every certain number of seconds.  3600 is the default, and default and is sufficient for most installations.

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OU=Users,OU=MYSCHOOL,DC=ad,DC=myschool,DC=edu

Scope: Include Subtree sub-tree will search all child OU levels below the Base DN specified below.  Flat will only search that specific OU.

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