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Illustration 10 - AD Synchronization Screen
The following topics provide an overview to explain automatic user account
management through synchronization, and instructions for the wizard.
Synchronization Overview
The overview first covers the exclusion list, a synchronization process
component that informs how you will deploy syncing. Then the process
functionality is broken down to show what HOTPin links to, and what results
occur during synchronization after changes are made to either HOTPin or AD
accounts.
Exclusion List
The exclusion list allows administrators to designate accounts that do not
participate in the sync process. You can include both AD and HOTPin accounts:
 Designate AD accounts that you do not want to import.
 Designate AD accounts that have been imported, but that should not be
changed subsequently (requires running the tool after AD accounts have
been added).
 Designate HOTPin accounts that do not exist in AD.
Excluding AD accounts that aren’t used for authentication is important to
preserves space in the HOTPin user license limit.
Important: HOTPin accounts added to the system through the web UI’s Users
feature (either manually or through import), must then be noted in