#Create a Connection

To connect Fly to your source or destination Active Directory for an Active Directory to Active Directory Migration, you need to add Active Directory connections by completing the following steps.

1. Click Settings in the left pane, and select Connections to access the Connections page.

2. Click Create connection. The Create connection panel appears.

3. In the Create connection panel, complete the following settings:

   • Connection name – Enter a name for the connection.

   • Connection type – Select Active Directory from the drop-down list to create a connection for Active Directory.

   • Configure source or destination connection – Select Source or Destination to define if the connection is used as the source or destination.

   • SQL database – Configure the Azure SQL database to store source Active Directory objects based on your needs.

     • Custom Azure SQL database – Enter the connection string of the custom Azure SQL database. For how to find the connection string, refer to Get ADO.NET connection information (optional - SQL Database only).

     • If your organization has an access policy and only specific IP addresses are allowed, you need to navigate to AvePoint Online Services > Administration > Security > Reserved IP addresses to download the list of reserved IP addresses required by AvePoint Online Services and Fly. Then, add the IP addresses to the server-level and/or database-level IP firewall rule lists in Microsoft Azure. If you do not want to add the IP addresses, you can also select the Allow Azure services and resources to access this server checkbox under the server-level and/or database-level IP firewall rule lists to allow connections from IP addresses allocated to any Azure service or asset.

     • Default Azure SQL database – Use the default Azure SQL database that is provided by Microsoft for Active Directory migrations.

   • Generate connection key – Click Generate to generate a connection key. The key will be used to connect the Active Directory agent. You can click the Copy button to copy the key.

   • Download and install Active Directory agent – Click Download source agent/Download destination agent based on your configurations to download the agent and install it on the source/destination Active Directory server. Refer to Install the Active Directory Agent for how to install the agent. If the agent cannot be installed on the source/destination Active Directory server due to security configurations, install the agent on a server that can connect to the source/destination Active Directory.

4. Click Save to save your configurations.

On the Connections page, you can manage the existing connections.

• Filter – Click Filter to filter connections by connection type and/or tenant.

• Search – Enter the keyword of a connection name in the search box to search for the desired connection.

• Edit – Click the connection name to edit a connection.

• Delete – Select one or multiple connections and click Delete to delete them.