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Synchronize user and group profiles in SharePoint Server 2013

This article mentions that You must have a full installation of SQL Server, not the Express edition. Profile synchronization will not work if you have installed SharePoint Server 2013 by following the instructions in Install SharePoint 2013 on a single server with a built-in database.

However, we are setting up the Profile synchronization by using SharePoint AD Import.

We would like to know if the profile sync using SP AD import is supported for single server installation.

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If you have your AD on the same server as SQL Server and SharePoint Server, then it's not supported by Microsoft. However, it's a common setup for a development environment and it does work well.

If you're setting up a production environment, then don't have the AD on the same server as SQL or SharePoint.

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  • How about SQL Express that is mentioned in the post? My dev envs usually have an SQL Server versions :)
    – Robert Lindgren
    Mar 22, 2014 at 7:29
  • My dev setup has SP2013 and SQL on 1 machine and AD on another DC machine and the user profiles were successfully imported. So it Works this way..
    – variable
    Mar 22, 2014 at 7:39
  • @RobertLindgren If you succed inställning on SQL Express I think it works, but again, it's not supporter by MS :)
    – Benny Skogberg ♦
    Mar 22, 2014 at 8:12
  • @NachiketKamat It works, but preferably you should consider moving the SQL Server to another Windows Server for performance reasons.
    – Benny Skogberg ♦
    Mar 22, 2014 at 8:14
  • Yep, I think that is the big take away: it works, but is not supported :)
    – Robert Lindgren
    Mar 22, 2014 at 8:18

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