New Features

In this section

• Driver Features
• Identity Manager Features

Driver Features

• You can use the DirXML PassSync Utility to individually configure password filters on domain controllers. This means you don't have to allow remote access to the registry. See Separately Configuring Password Filters on Each Domain Controller.
• A new parameter is provided for Password Expiration Time, and the driver and password filter are now enhanced to retry passwords only after a successful user add or modify is received. See Password Expiration Time.
• The sample driver configuration uses a new feature, flexible prompting, to reduce complexity when importing the configuration. If you choose to install the driver for use with the Remote Loader, or if you choose to use Role-Based Entitlements, an additional page is displayed in the wizard where you provide information for those features.
• You can now query for two additional classes: GlobalGroup and LocalGroup. Although you can't synchronize them on the Subscriber or Publisher channel, you can use the querying feature to synchronize them in an indirect way, so that the driver would use the MemberOf attribute on a user to put the user in a corresponding group in eDirectory. See Querying GlobalGroup or LocalGroup.
• Nsure^TM Identity Manager Password Synchronization is supported in the new sample driver configuration. The new password synchronization features include the following:
  • A Novell Client^TM no longer needs to be installed on a Windows machine.
  • You can implement bidirectional password synchronization between NT Domain and other connected systems.

  For more information, see Password Synchronization.

• Role-Based Entitlements is supported as an option in the new sample driver configuration.

  Using Role-Based Entitlements is a design decision. Don't choose this option unless you have reviewed "Using Role-Based Entitlements" in the Novell Nsure Identity Manager 2 Administration Guide.

• The driver can be configured to send a driver heartbeat. See "Adding Driver Heartbeat" in the Novell Nsure Identity Manager 2 Administration Guide.

Identity Manager Features

For information about the new features in Identity Manager, see "What's New in Identity Manager 2?" in the Novell Nsure Identity Manager 2 Administration Guide.