Category: AD Import

This is kind of a “fringe” case, but since it may not be the last time it happens, here’s a post: Consider the following scenario: In SharePoint 2013+ you’re using Active Directory Import to import user profiles as trusted provider-type (SAML) profiles. You find that profiles for some users are not imported. You have already

First off, when using Active Directory Import in SharePoint 2013, 2016, and 2019, it’s completely normal to see very few (like 2) mapped properties in the User Profile Service Application (UPA) | Manage User Properties. That’s because with AD Import, those property mappings are hard-coded and not shown on that page. See my other post

Consider the following scenario: You configure Active Directory Import (ADI) within SharePoint 2013, 2016, or 2019. You make some custom user profile property mappings. You run a Full import. You notice that users have odd values with their SIP Address user profile property. For example:     Or maybe it has an “SMTP:” prefix like

The most common reasons for some users not getting user profiles imported when using SharePoint Active Directory Import (AD Import; ADI) have been the same for a long time now. They are (in order): Container / OU selection (you didn’t select the containers that the missing users live in) LDAP Filter (your filter excludes those

As discussed in my previous posts about user profile cleanup for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016, when using Active Directory Import, the profile cleanup process is a bit more manual as compared to FIM Sync. It consists of three steps that need to be done periodically to keep things cleaned up: 1. Run a Full

  This is similar to a previous blog post I wrote. However, we’ve since found a few customers that have done something similar with Windows authentication. We’ve seen this a few times now. It seems to most commonly occur when Admins are setting up a new User Profile Service app using Active Directory Import (AD

  As far as I know, nothing much has changed regarding profile cleanup in SharePoint 2019 as compared to SharePoint 2016. See that post: SharePoint: The complete guide to user profile cleanup – Part 4 – 2016       This is part 5 in a series. You can find other parts here: SharePoint: The