Change the search base for an ADAM account store

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

An Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) store is discovered through a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) search. The search base for an ADAM account store specifies the top node from which the LDAP search for the ADAM instance is to be performed. Typically, the search base is the top node in the directory tree. However, if you want to reduce the search time, you can specify a more restricted path. For example, the search base distinguished name DC=Adatum,DC=com begins searching at Adatum and searches all domains in the path that contains Adatum.com. If the ADAM instance is located on a server in DomainB.DomainA.Adatum.com, you can avoid searching through Adatum and DomainA by specifying the search base of DC=DomainB,DC=DomainA,DC=Adatum.com.

Administrative credentials

To complete this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.

To change the search base for an ADAM account store

  1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Federation Services.

  2. Double-click Federation Service, double-click Trust Policy, double-click My Organization, and then double-click Account Stores.

  3. Right-click the ADAM account store whose search base you want to change, and then click Properties.

  4. On the Settings tab, in Search base Distinguished Name (DN), replace the existing distinguished name with the new value, and then click OK.

See Also

Concepts

Change the server name or IP address for an ADAM account store
Change the port number for an ADAM account store
Change the user name attribute for an ADAM account store
Enable or disable TLS and SSL for an ADAM account store
Change the display name for an ADAM account store
Change the URI for an ADAM account store