Referencing Active Directory Attributes

You can use Active Directory attributes in a specified reference format to configure many VMware Dynamic Environment Manager settings.

Specifically, the following settings can use Active Directory attributes in the %{AD$attributeName}% reference format:

• FlexEngine Group Policy configuration settings
• Settings in NoAD.xml
• FlexEngine configuration settings for computer environment settings

For example, if the Active Directory "department" attribute is populated for all users, the location for profile archive backups could be configured as \\Filesrv\DemUsers$\%{AD$department}%\%username%\Backups. The result is that profile archive backups are organized by department name.

The AD prefix means that the Active Directory user attribute with the specified name is looked up. Use ADc to look up computer attributes.

Note: Configuration settings for computer environment settings are always interpreted in computer context, so AD and ADc mean the same thing in that case.