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SUMMARY
This article describes how to import user profile information of enabled user
accounts from Active Directory directory services to Microsoft Office
SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
You configure import settings for user profiles that you want to import on the
Configure Profile Import page of SharePoint Central Administration. SharePoint
Portal Server usesthe(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)) LDAP
search filter and user profile information of all user accounts in Active
Directory are imported to SharePoint Portal Server. This filter imports all
enabled and disabled user accounts to SharePoint Portal Server.
You can filter the user profile information that you want to import from Active
Directory by adding query clauses to the LDAP search filter in the User filter
box in the Search Settings area of the Configure Profile Import page. To import
user profile information of only user accounts that are enabled, use
the(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(
!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:
Import User Profile Information of Enabled User Accounts from Active Directory to
SharePoint Portal Server
To import user profile information of user accounts that are enabled in Active
Directory to SharePoint Portal Server, follow these steps:
1. On the Site Settings page of the portal site, on the User
Profile, Audiences, and Personal Sites page, click Manage profile database.
2. On the Manage Profile Database page, click Configure
profile import.
3. On the Configure Profile Import page, in the Source area,
click Custom source.
4. In the Access Account area, type the user account name and
password of the user account that has appropriate permissions to access Active
Directory.
5. In the Full Import Schedule area, click to select the
Schedule full import check box, and then specify the full import schedule that
you want.
6. In the Incremental Import Schedule area, click to select
the Schedule incremental import check box, and then specify the incremental
import schedule that you want.
Note If the Schedule incremental import option is not available (appears
dimmed), click to select the Import from Active Directory by using the
incremental method check box in the Source area.
Important To perform incremental imports for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Active Directory, the user account that you use to perform the import operation
must have the Replicating Directory Changes permission. This permission is not
required to perform incremental imports for Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Active Directory. To assign the Replicating Directory Changes permission to the
user account that you use to perform the import operation, follow these steps:
a. Start Active Directory Users and Computers.
b. On the View menu, click Advanced Features.
c. Right-click the domain object, and then click Properties.
d. Click the Security tab.
e. In the Group or user names list, click the user account
that you want to use to perform the import operation.
If the user account is not displayed in the list, click Add, type the name of
the user who you want to add, and then click OK.
f. In the Permissions for UserName list, click to select the
Allow check box next to the Replicating Directory Changes permission, and then
click OK.
7. Click OK.
8 . On the Manage Connections page, do one of the following as
appropriate to your situation:
• Click the name of the domain that you want to edit, and then click Edit.
-or-
• Click New connection to add a new domain controller that contains the user
profiles that you want to import.
9. On the Edit Connection or Add Connection page (as
appropriate to your situation), in the Search Settings area, do the following:
a. In the Search base box, type the distinguished name (DN) of
the Active Directory object from where you want to import the user profiles.
The DN of the search base object defines the location in Active Directory where
you want to start your search. The following are examples of DNs:
• DC=DomainName, DC=com
• CN=Users, DC=DomainName, DC=com
• OU=OrganizationalUnit, DC=DomainName, DC=com
b. In the User filter box, type the following LDAP search
filter:
(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(
!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))
c. Under Scope, specify the scope level, page size, and page
time-out options that you want.
10. Click OK.
Import User Profile Information of Enabled User Accounts from Active Directory to
Office SharePoint Server 2007
To import user profile information of user accounts that are enabled in Active
Directory to Office SharePoint Server 2007, follow these steps:
1. On the Shared Services Administration page, click User
profiles and Properties.
2. On the User Profiles and Properties page, click View import
connections.
3. On the View import connections page, follow one of these
steps as appropriate to your situation:
• Click the Active Directory import connection that you want to edit, and then
click Edit.
• Click New connection to add a new domain controller that contains the user
profiles that you want to import.
4. On the Edit Connection page or on the Add Connection page,
following these steps:
a. In the User filter box, type the following LDAP search
filter:
(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(
!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))
b. Follow instructions on the left side of the page to perform
other settings as appropriate to your situation.
5. Click OK.
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