Specifications

ShoreWare Server Release Notes Active Directory
ShoreTel 9.1 Page 65
To add a system user, select Administration -> Users -> Individual Users from the
Main Menu. Refer to the ShoreTel Administration Guide for more information.
Step 4 Assign Administrative Rights to the new user account.
To assign rights, press the New button in the Administrators List panel that is
accessed by selecting Administration -> System Parameters -> Administrative
Permissions -> Administrators panel. Refer to the ShoreTel Administration Guide
for more information.
Step 5 Open the System Parameters: Edit Other Parameters panel by selecting
Administration -> System Parameters -> Other from the Director Main Menu Login,
as shown in Figure 24.
Step 6 Select Enable AD Integration located at the bottom of the panel, then enter a valid
AD path in the AD Path data entry field.
Step 7 When prompted to save your changes and close the window, press the OK button
and Yes option.
This step logs you out of Director
Step 8 Log into Director again, using the username created in Step 3.
The default password is changeme.
Step 9 Open the Edit User panel for the new user and enable Active Directory for that
user, including the domain and user ID for the user.
Step 10Log out of ShoreWare Director and close the window.
Subsequent ShoreWare Director launches when logged on to the domain through this
username will automatically log into Director.
Mapping Active Directory Attributes to ShoreTel Fields
ShoreTel user records contain eleven data fields that map directly to Active Directory
records. The following is a list of these data fields, categorized by the Director panel that
sets their ShoreTel value.
Edit User panel
• First Name: Active Directory field capacity is 64 characters; ShoreTel capacity is 50.
• Last Name: Active Directory field capacity is 64 characters; ShoreTel capacity is 50.
• Number: ShoreTel extracts the number of digits specified by the extension length,
starting from the right side of the AD phone number.
• DID
• Email Address
• Client User ID: Active Directory length is limited to 20 characters.
System Directory
• Home Phone
• Pager
• Cell Phone
• Fax Phone
ShoreTel Database (does not appear in Director)