Email Alias in Exchange from OIM

Question

Hello All,
Can we provision Email Alias in Exchange from OIM.
In Exchange a user can have multiple email aliases.
When we update Email alias field in Exchange process form in OIM , would it update the alias or would it keep the old one and add new alias.
Has any one tried this.
Do we expect any changes in newer version of Exchange connector.
Thanks,

Answer 1

There are going to be a few issues. The exchange connector is probably built to handle a set amount email aliases. I would assume this is a limited list. If you look at the connector and the adapters, it will maybe give you an understanding of how it works.
However, if you want to use multiple aliases, I am going to assume you are going to have to write custom code. The reason i say this is because the attribute is a multi value attribute on the user profile. It's not like AD Groups where the user is actually added to the group, and not the group onto the user. So you will need to either create a child table, or some sort of delimited field and parse it for all the entries. If you do it as a child table, when you add the value, you'll need to use the ldap libraries to add the additional multi attribute value. On delete, or rename, you'll need to search for the instance of the multi values and then find the one you are looking for and remove that entry, or remove and then readd with the new value.
I'm going to say this is not OOTB unless you use the existing functionality of the connector and the capabilities it come with. Remember though that connectors are really just a framework to try and provide as much common functionality across the board to all clients who plan to use the connector. In my experience, 100% of the time there is some sort of modification required. Customization and creation of ldap libraries for client usage almost are always developed to provide these additional tasks.
-Kevin
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