AD Synchronization to SharePoint user profile
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On SharePoint
In this post I will list the steps needed to synchronize active directory users to SharePoint user profile service
- Go to Central administration
- Click on Mange Services on server
- Click start for the user profile synchronization service
- Enter the credentials for the account will run the service
- Make sure that the service is Started
- Go to Manage service application and click on the user profile service
- Go to synchronization section and click on configure synchronization connection
- Enter name of the connection and user credentials to connect to the AD
- Test the connection by clicking on populate data
- Save and back to the user profile service application page you can execute a full synchronization
- To check the number of object synchronized go to the server running the user profile synch service and navigate to the path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Synchronization Service\UIShell"
- Run the miisclient.exe and see the synchronization status