Connection String Options
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Basic Tab.
| Property | Description |
| Server | The domain name or IP of the Active Directory server. |
| Port | The port the Active Directory server is running on. |
| User | The distinguished name of a user. |
| Password | The password for the distinguished name of the specified user. |
| UseSSL | Whether or not to use SSL to connect to the server. |
| BaseDN | The base portion of the distinguished name, used for limiting results to specific subtrees. |
| AuthMechanism | The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the Active Directory server. |
| Scope | Whether to limit the scope of the search to the whole subtree (BaseDN and all of its descendants), a single level (BaseDN and its direct descendants), or the base object (BaseDN only). |
| LDAPVersion | The LDAP version used to connect to and communicate with the server. |
| Property | Description |
| SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Property | Description |
| LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
| Property | Description |
| Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
| Property | Description |
| FollowReferrals | Whether or not to follow referrals returned by the Active Directory server. |
| FriendlyGUID | Whether to return GUID attribute values in a human readable format. |
| FriendlySID | Whether to return SID attribute values in a human readable format. |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| Readonly | You can use this property to enforce read-only access to Microsoft Active Directory from the provider. |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |