How to integrate ADManager Plus with Zoho People and streamline user lifecycle management

By integrating ADManager Plus and Zoho People, users can be automatically created in Active Directory based on the user details entered in Zoho People. Apart from user creation, this integration also supports user account management actions.

Actions supported

Upon integration of ADManager Plus with Zoho People, the following actions can be executed:

Create user accounts

Add users to groups

Modify user attributes

Remove users from groups

Modify user accounts by Template

Create mailbox

Reset passwords

Disable or delete mailbox

Unlock user accounts

Move Home Folder

Enable user accounts

Delete Home Folder

Disable user accounts

Revoke Microsoft 365 licenses

Delete user accounts

Manage users' photos

Run custom scripts

Disable Lync accounts

Move users across groups

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Configure Zoho People settings in ADManager Plus

Logon to ADManager Plus as the admin.

Navigate to the Automation tab.

In the left pane, select HCM Integrations.

Under HCM applications, select Zoho People and click Server Details.

Enter the Zoho Account URL in the respective field. You can know more here.

Enter the Client ID and Client Secret in the respective fields.

Note: In case you do not have the client ID and client secret, follow the steps below to obtain them.

Steps to obtain Client ID and Client secret through Zoho Accounts

Open Zoho Accounts page from your browser. You can know more here.
Click ADD CLIENT and select Server Based Applications.

In the pop up enter the requested information as follows,

Client Name - The name of the client that is being integrated. For example: ADManagerPlus

Homepage URL

Syntax: <protocol>://<host>:<port>

Example: http://user-1234:8080

Authorized Redirect URLs

Syntax: <protocol>://<host>:<port>/OAuthCode.do

Example: http://user-1234:8080/OAuthCode.do or http://localhost:8080/OAuthCode.do

Click Create to finish.

Now navigate to the home page and select ADManager Plus and navigate to the Client Secret tab to view the client ID and client secret, as shown in the image below.

The Mapping Attributes section is for mapping various fields in the application being integrated to their corresponding AD attributes. For example, the 'First Name' in Zoho People can be mapped to the AD attribute 'User Name'.