Category: MIM 2016

Consider the following scenario: You’re using SharePoint 2016 or 2019 and using Active Directory Import to import user profiles. You decide to switch to using an external identity manager utilizing Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM). You configure MIM and run a Full Import on the SharePoint Management Agent (SPMA). The Full Import does not import anything

Consider the following scenario: You set up Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) 2016. You install the SharePoint Connector software and create a SharePoint Management Agent (MA). On the “Connectivity” page of the SharePoint MA, you attempt to create a connection to a SharePoint 2016 or 2019 farm using an HTTPS (SSL / TLS) address. The connection

  Microsoft Identity manager (MIM) communicates with SharePoint via a web service, specifically, the “ProfileImportExportService” web service, located at http://YourCentralAdminSite/_vti_bin/ProfileImportExportService.asmx When there are problems with the synchronization, you should always look at what the MIM client (miisclient.exe) and the SharePoint ULS logs are saying, but sometimes there is a need to dig a little deeper

  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

Update 5/21/20: Added some PowerShell and SQL queries to help determine the state of managers and group memberships. Update 9/16/19: Updated some PowerShell and wording to also apply to SharePoint 2019. I’ve had a few posts in the past explaining various problems with importing Active Directory (AD) groups and managers. However, this post is designed

Update 9/16/19: It has come to my attention that at the time of this update (9/16/19), we have a similar problem with SharePoint 2019 as we did in early SP 2016 builds. To get the timer job to process the staged manager and group membership entries, you will likely need to set the “NoILMUsed” flag

Consider the following scenario: You have an Active Directory Forest trust between your local forest and a remote forest. You create a “domain local” type security group in Active Directory and add users from both the local forest and the remote trusted forest as members. You configure SharePoint Profile Synchronization to use Active Directory Import