You can connect to any Version 3 compliant LDAP directory or Microsoft Active Directory Service. If you are already using an enterprise LDAP service, you can continue to use that service to maintain user information. To do this, you can configure Windchill so that it can also access user information by querying entries through a JNDI adapter.

However, Windchill typically does not create, update, or delete entries in an enterprise directory, as that capability might be limited to other parts of the organization. This means that Windchill cannot be used to administer user information in your enterprise LDAP service; you must use separate administration tools instead. However, Windchill must have the ability to update group information and organization information; therefore, these must be stored in an LDAP server, such as the Windchill Directory Server, that provides full access Windchill. As a result, in this scenario you would maintain two different LDAP directories in support of Windchill.

Before you begin, you should have:

These guides are available from the PTC Reference Documents site:

To connect an existing LDAP directory to Windchill, complete the following tasks. Where applicable, explicit instructions for a Microsoft Active Directory have been provided. Otherwise, the instructions apply to any LDAP directory: