There's one more rules extension that we need to create—the Metaverse rules extension. A Management Agent rules extension, such as the HR one we just created, is a DLL that allows us to manipulate data between the connector space and the Metaverse. The Metaverse DLL allows us to manipulate data between connector spaces. In our scenario, we want to push HR data to the Metaverse (this was done by setting the HR Management Agent to project), and then from the Metaverse out to AD. Another case to look at the need for a Metaverse rules extension is when you need to specify a one-time or an initial value for one or more attributes. For example, if you were to create an AD object using any other tool, you would need to specify a password. We set our password and any other attributes that only need to be performed once in our Metaverse rules extension. Follow the steps as described next:
In the Management Agents tool, click on Tool, and then on Options…. Check Enable...