Before You Start

This section lists prerequisites that you must meet before you attempt to configure ActivID CMS for use with the Microsoft Active Directory and CA The Certificate Authority (CA) issues and manages security credentials and public keys for message encryption in a networks environment..

  1. Create the appropriate user accounts you will need.

  2. Configure ActivID CMS to connect to the Microsoft Active Directory. For more information, refer to Configuring Repositories.

  3. Install a Microsoft CA and make sure it is up and running.

Note: For more information about the Microsoft Active Directory, go to: http://support.microsoft.com/