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.

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.

NOTE: 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.