When you run a management agent, you can specify that a join rule be APPLIED to each object in the connector SPACE. By specifying a join rule, Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 searches the metaverse and attempts to find a CORRESPONDING object to which the connector space object can be joined.

When a search returns any results, the resolution rules DETERMINE whether:

1. None of the objects satisfies the join criteria, in which case the next search criteria are evaluated.
2. Exactly one of the objects satisfies the join criteria, in which case it is joined with the connector object.
3. More than one of the objects satisfies the join criteria, in which case the join operation FAILS.

When you run a management agent, you can specify that a join rule be applied to each object in the connector space. By specifying a join rule, Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 searches the metaverse and attempts to find a corresponding object to which the connector space object can be joined.

When a search returns any results, the resolution rules determine whether: