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# ADLocal data source

<table><thead><tr><th>Data source</th><th width="124" data-type="checkbox">Read</th><th data-type="checkbox">Write</th><th data-type="checkbox">Delete</th><th width="197" data-type="checkbox">Need customer agent</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ADLocal</td><td>true</td><td>false</td><td>false</td><td>true</td></tr></tbody></table>

There are 5 fields to fill in :&#x20;

1. **Data source name** : choose a name for your data source : for example my AD local data source
2. **Customer agent** : select the customer agent installed on the same machine that your Microsoft Active Directory.
3. **LDAP path** : select the LDAP path : cf. <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/adsi/ldap-adspath>\
   For example : *LDAP://DC=it-connect,DC=local:*&#x20;
4. **Windows account user name** : enter a windows account name with the access right to the Active Directory
5. **Windows account password** : fill in the password of the windows account

{% hint style="warning" %}
ADLocal is a read only data source and can't be used as a target data source in a synchronization Path
{% endhint %}

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