Student Active Directory User

An account for a Student Active Directory User must be configured in the Portal Admin Console when Portal is deployed in an Active Directory (AD) environment and the CreateWebPortalAccountService and UpdateWebPortalAccountService WCF services need to be executed with this user. For more details about these APIs, see the Anthology Student Service Catalog (login required).

When the workflow activity CreatePortalAccount is used to create/update Portal accounts, for example in the context of Forms Builder forms, the Student Active Directory User account is used as an impersonation account to call the WebPortalAccountService APIs. The Cmc.Integration.Webservice.Wcf and CMCSecurityService APIs have been modified to run the activity using the impersonation account configured in the Portal Admin Console.

Create a Student Active Directory User Account

1. Log in to the Portal Admin Console.

2. Click the Student Active Directory User link in the Administration section.

   

   The Student Active Directory User page is displayed.

   

3. Enter the User Name and Password of a Student Active Directory User. This login supports functionality provided by APIs or workflows when creating a Portal user account in an AD-enabled environment.

   This user must be a Staff member in Anthology Student and must be an administrator with permissions to create or modify accounts within AD (under Users and Computers > User > Domain Admins).

4. Click Save. The credentials are saved in the Portal database.