Does ActiveADAPTER support SSL connections to Active Directory?

ActiveADAPTER allows you to use SSL for Active Directory communications if your Active Directory infrastructure is configured to support it (refer to your Microsoft documentation on how to enable SSL).

To use SSL with ActiveADAPTER, you must specify a server or domain name in your WhereToBind or container value and add your SSL port (normally 636). For example, to target the test.com domain via SSL on server testDC1 you might use:

LDAP://testDC1:636/OU=Accounting,DC=test,DC=com

It is also possible to use a domain name for serverless binding if your SSL configuration supports it. For example:

LDAP://test.com:636/OU=Accounting,DC=test,DC=com

Important notes

Do not use “LDAPS” in your strings. This is a convention not used in Microsoft’s Active Directory implementation and may cause an exception.

Note that using SSL may increase load on your Active Directory infrastructure. Our recommendation is to only use SSL where a clear business case exists.

If SSL is critical to your Active Directory solution, always perform an audit of your Active Directory configuration and inspect network traffic to confirm encryption before production use.

FAQs
We are interested in purchasing ActiveADAPTER for use by government or government contractors. What are the export conditions for ActiveADAPTER?

ActiveADAPTER was originally developed by Equate IT, a company registered in Australia. All developers and consultants have Australian or US citizenship. More information can be found in the EULA displayed during installation of ActiveADAPTER.

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What versions of Microsoft BizTalk Server does ActiveADAPTER support?

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 R2 to 2020.

We also have legacy versions back to 2006 R2.

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Will the ActiveADAPTER Send Adapter return error information back to my orchestration?

Yes. The adapter will return any exceptions back to your application AFTER any retries you have configured have been done.

Within your orchestration you can use Scope shapes to catch exceptions. In your exception handlers you can retrieve the error description to determine which way to branch.

Sample orchestrations that illustrate exception handing are included in the ActiveADAPTER Samples folder.

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