Accessing Company Contacts Through LDAP on Provisioned Phones

Overview

Kerio Operator offers to search in your Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory from your provisioned phones.

This article describes the process to access company contacts through LDAP on provisioned phones.

Process

1. In the administration interface, navigate to Provisioned Phones.

2. Click Provisioning Settings.

3. In the Phone Provisioning Settings dialog, select option Directory configuration is enabled.

4. Click Configure.

   • For connecting to Kerio Connect LDAP/Microsoft Active Directory:

     1. Click Configuration Wizard.

     2. Select the type of service:

        • Kerio Connect LDAP: Enter the Kerio Connect hostname, username, and password.

        • Active Directory: Enter the domain name and hostname of your Active Directory and credentials of an account with at least read-only access to Active Directory.

        The Directory Configuration dialog after finishing the Kerio Connect LDAP configuration.

        Note: We recommend creating an exclusive account with read-only access and use the credentials of this account.

   • For connecting to LDAP in general: Fill the Directory Configuration dialog.

5. Save the settings.

6. In Provisioned Phones, click Advanced and restart all provisioned phones. Phones read the new configuration and start to communicate directly with the LDAP server.

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Validation

Try this feature on your phone. Find a directory on the phone and check the contact list. For information on how to use your phone directory, read the manual of your phone.

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