Manage a Data Source
Directory Manager enables you to 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.
Follow the steps to search a data source.
Step 1 – In Admin Center, click Data Sources in the left pane.
Step 2 – On the Data Sources page, click the tab for a provider to search for a data source built on it.
Step 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.
Due to security enhancements, when updating a data source, you must re-enter the Service Account Password even if you are not changing it. This is a required security measure to ensure password field sanitization across the product.
Follow the steps to update the details for a data source.
Step 1 – In Admin Center, click Data Sources in the left pane.
Step 2 – On the Data Sources page, click the tab for the provider the data source is built on.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Deleting a data source corrupts all Synchronize jobs, membership queries, and search queries using that data source.
Follow the steps to delete a data source.
Step 1 – In Admin Center, click Data Sources in the left pane.
Step 2 – On the Data Sources page, click the tab for the provider for which you want to delete a data source.
Step 3 – Click Delete for a data source to delete it.