Complex sentence: If Microsoft Windows and Linux environments are to be operated in parallel, the component UCS Active Directory Connector establishes a transparent migration path between Active Directory and UCS and allows an automatic synchronization between these systems including encrypted passwords, group definitions and other directory service objects.
Split into simpler sentences: If Microsoft Windows and Linux environments are to be operated in parallel, the component UCS Active Directory Connection brings together the domain managed by Univention Corporate Server and an existing Active Directory. In both cases it creates an automatic synchronisation between Microsoft Active Directory and Univention Corporate Server including passwords, group definitions and other directory service objects.