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Manage a Data Source

With Directory Manager, you can create data sources for various data providers. You can also update and delete these data sources.

Search a Data Source for a Specific Provider​

You can search for a data source built on a particular provider by its name.

  1. In Admin Center, click Data Sources in the left pane.

  2. On the Data Sources page, click the tab for a provider to search for a data source built on it.

  3. Enter a search string in the search box and press Enter. Data sources that contain the string in their names are displayed.

Update a Data Source​

You can update the details provided for a data source, such as its display name, the service account credentials to connect to it, and any other info you provided while creating it.

Password Re-insertion Required

Due to security enhancements, when updating a data source, you must re-enter the Service Account Password even if you aren't changing it. This is a required security measure to ensure password field sanitization across the product.

  1. In Admin Center, click Data Sources in the left pane.

  2. On the Data Sources page, click the tab for the provider the data source is built on.

  3. Click Edit for a data source. The Update Data Source page is displayed, that differs by provider. Refer to the steps for creating the respective data source in the Create a Data Source topic to modify the info.

  4. Click Update Data Source.

Delete a Data Source​

You can delete a data source to prevent users from using it as source and destination in Synchronize jobs.

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Deleting a data source corrupts all Synchronize jobs, membership queries, and search queries using that data source.

  1. In Admin Center, click Data Sources in the left pane.

  2. On the Data Sources page, click the tab for the provider for which you want to delete a data source.

  3. Click Delete for a data source to delete it.