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The CoreOne Suite offers different types of how you can create and manage Resourcesresources. In the beginning of implementing the CoreOne Suite, you have to decide, what type of Resources resources you would like to use. This article should help you to decide between Linked and Managed Resources. The behaviour of these resource types are pretty similiar in the different Target Systems we do support. We decided to focus in this article on the Target System Active Directory as this is one of the most used Target Systems by our customers.
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As the name already explains: You only link it. You can Compare compare that with a Shortcut (would be the Linked Resource) to a Folder (Would be the AD-Group) on your Desktop. If you delete the Folder itself, the shortcut is still there. If you then click on the Shortcut, it will thow you an error message. If you rename the Shortcut, the Foldername itself won’t be changed. If you delete the shortcut, the folder will still be there.
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Managed Resources are the way to go, if you start with a Target System from scratch. With Managed Resources, you will create a newly needed AD-Group directly in the CoreOne Suite. The CoreOne Suite will then create the needed AD-Group automatically and link them. You can define Templates for the creation of new Managed Resources which will help you to propagate a naming concept for example.
With the CleanUp Task enabled, Managed Ressources make sure, the CoreOne Suite and the Target System Attributes of a Managed Resource/Target System Group will converge. Like a Linked Ressource, it will also controll the memberships for all known entities but also controll Attribute Values of the Managed Resource itself.
For Example: Within the creation process of a Managed Resource you define the OU-Path (it also can be given by the template). If someone by accident moves the AD-Group directly in the target system into a new OU-Path, the CoreOne Suite will move back the AD-Group to it’s correct place. This also means: All defined Attributes for creating a ressource you are only able to change them in the CoreOne Suite.
Pro’s
You can centralize the create process of AD-Groups into the CoreOne Suite. Your Power Users can create them by theirself → Decentralization of Dutie’s.
You can define templates for creating Resources
The CoreOne Suite and the Target System will converg as long the CleanUp Task is running
Con’s
More efforts needed for taking over existing Groups from your Target System as Managed Resource.
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