How to create a Distribution Group in Active Directory with IM Create Group task?

Products

• CA Directory
• CA Identity Manager
• CA Identity Governance
• CA Identity Portal
• CA Risk Analytics
• CA Secure Cloud SaaS - Arcot A-OK (WebFort)
• CLOUDMINDER ADVANCED AUTHENTICATION
• CA Secure Cloud SaaS - Advanced Authentication
• CA Secure Cloud SaaS - Identity Management
• CA Secure Cloud SaaS - Single Sign On
• CA Security Command Center
• CA Data Protection (DataMinder)
• CA User Activity Reporting

Issue/Introduction

Description

When using Active Directory as a user store, with default directory.xml mapping, IM Create Group task creates an AD group of <Security> type. How to create an AD group of <Distribution> type instead?

Solution

In Active Directory there is an attribute called groupType which defines the group type. Add a mapping to the attribute in directory.xml, and modify the Create Group task to set this attribute during group creation.

Environment

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Component: IDMGR