# IDS Synchronization Overview

After IDS has been programmed for your cluster or network, you can use the following procedures to establish data synchronization.

Two synchronization options are available: "full", which searches for the complete range of new, modified and deleted user record updates, and "incremental", which only searches for new and modified updates.

When you program a synchronization event, you can specify how the system should deal with the updates—apply them immediately, detain them for processing by an administrator, or simply log them in a report. You can also specify whether you want to download the partial attribute set (PAS) of updates from the global catalogue server, or search for the updates in specific domains.

Related Topics

- Scheduling a Full IDS Synchronization Event

- Scheduling an Incremental Synchronization Event

- Managing Scheduled IDS Events