You administer a Forefront Identity Management (FIM) 2010 server in your company network. You discover that several objects do not synchronize between the FIM Service database and Active Directory…

Inbound synchronization is the process of bringing data into the metaverse from a connected data source; however, the data is already in the metaverse, so this is not the failure point for data destined for AD DS.

Outbound synchronization involves provisioning data from the metaverse to a connector space for a target connected system. Since the data is in the metaverse but does not appear in the AD DS Management Agent's connector space, the failure occurs in the outbound synchronization process from the metaverse to the AD DS connector space, preventing the data from reaching AD DS.

Import is the process of bringing data from a connected system into its respective connector space; the problem describes data failing to reach the AD DS Management Agent's connector space from the metaverse, not a failure to import from AD DS.

Export is the process of writing data from a management agent's connector space to the connected data source; the data fails to reach the AD DS Management Agent's connector space, meaning the export phase cannot even begin.