Active Directory is a Microsoft technology primarily for managing multiple Windows servers and workstations in a single environment. It was first released in 2000.
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SharePoint task assignment email doesn't send to group
Task list has email enabled on task assignment, tasks can be assigned to multiple people or groups. When I create a task and assign it to myself, I get mail. When I update the task to assign it to a ...
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Claims and ADFS - EnsureUser throws SPException on user who exists
I have setup a web app in SP2010 with ADFS and NTLM authentication enabled. We have code that runs SPUser.EnsureUser() that fails looking up a user account that exists in the hidden user list ...
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How to set/see my email?
I am new to SP, using 2010, and have my account tied to active directory. Yet in SP I cannot see my email address anywhere. How can I know what address is using?
Ok, I CAN see my address under My ...
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Adding a user or group to a SharePoint group
I have a custom PeoplePicker which has SelectionSet = "User,SecGroup".
I want to add all entities within this PeoplePicker (which can be a SharePoint user, AD group/user) into a proper SPGroup.
How ...
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Managed Metadata Service Application and Crazy Behavior
Good afternoon everyone.
I've been working on the implementation of a SharePoint 2010 farm for over a week know, which is far longer than I should have been working on it. I'm running into a ...
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How to configure AD to enable SharePoint users to authenticate with username@custom.com rather than domain\username?
How can I configure Active Directory to enable SharePoint users to authenticate with username@custom.com rather than domain\username?
I have done this before and by adding an item to the select box ...
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Creating a new user via code, have to wait before account is able to login
I am creating new AD accounts on the fly in a workflow. Once created I call SPWeb.EnsureUser, then add the user to a SPGroup. If I browse to the group I see my new account in there. If I log out and ...
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Management of external users
I'm planning a SharePoint2010 application where most of our users are on an intranet and authenticated through Active Directory, but where ~20% of the users are external to the organization. We are ...
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Some sharepoint users always show up as DOMAIN\username
On our SharePoint 2010 Enterprise intranet most people are displayed by their full name / display name as it's written in AD, like "Mark Jones | HTTP BV", and that's the way it should be. But there ...
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Moving Sharepoint 2010 server from one AD to another?
I have a Sharepoint 2010 deployment (just the SP 2010 Enterprise server + SQL Server). Unfortunately, my DC has gone down so I will have problems logging into the SP Central Admin etc (these servers ...
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Why can I only login if I use “Sign in as a different user”?
Currently, I can only login directly (in any browser) with members of the Sharepoint Farm Administrators group. However, if I login as one of those administrators then login as a regular domain user I ...
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Single Sign On with external system
I have a SharePoint site and as well as an external payroll site. SharePoint uses AD authentication and the external payroll uses custom authentication (Database) with UserName and Password.
My ...
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Nested AD Groups not propagating permissions
I have a list of AD Groups that are nested within each other and if I assign a permission level to the top leveled group, the individuals don't seem to get the access they need. Here's an idea of how ...
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sharepoint 2010 adding more fields in user profile, accessible from spuser
we have custom fields like e.g. Manager, Organisation, EmployeeCode.
currently we are creating a custom list to add these with respective SpUser.ID, which i think is wrong.
Can any one please guide ...
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Tool for Site Admins to manage their own Active Directory security groups?
We are deploying a new SharePoint 2010 environment. All access is controlled via Active Directory security groups (placed inside existing SharePoint groups). Due to this, we are looking for a tool ...
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SharePoint 2010 web membership through Active Directory group web-part to display user list
I'm building a SharePoint environment that will be composed of many departmental sub-sites. Each of these sub-sites will have membership defined through Active Directory groups. I need to display on ...
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How to access programmatically to Active Directory Properties from an SPUser
I'd like to know how can I do to access to Active Directory information (eg: Department) of an User starting from an SPUser... I've User Profile Service configured and I see in Sharepoint those ...
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Move SharePoint to new Domain
I have SharePoint Foundation installed on a domain joined machine. It is a single server install (SharePoint and SQL on the same machine). I need to un-join this machine from the domain and install ...
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Peoplepicker returning with “No exact match was found” for a 1-way trust
Problem:
When selecting an user in the peoplepicker, and posting the page to the server, an error is returned that the user cannot be found (No exact match was found). This happens when a task is to ...
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Active Directory thumbnail sync with SharePoint 2010
I've got the User Profile service setup in SharePoint 2010 to sync user profiles with Active Directory. It is working and pulls down changes from AD.
What I would like to do is allow users to change ...
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Is there and efficient method to get UserProfile from email in SharePoint 2010?
I need to find user-profile using the active directory email account.
Note: its not the 'work-email' but the email in AD.
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Accessing A User's Home Directory Through the Web
Our school board is set up with Active Directory and we'd like to be able to allow staff to access their files from home through a web interface. Is it possible to securely expose a user's home ...
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Synchronized AD group won't appear in SharePoint site
I wan't to add three users who are on a new AD on another Domain Name that the one I use habitually, on my test server there no problemes and after I add a connection to the new domain and I launch a ...
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User Synchronization SharePoint to AD
Is it possible to sync SharePoint user profile back to AD. I want users to be able to change there Job title which is mapped to an AD field. If they change it I want AD to show the change. Is this ...
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Intermittant Issue with AD Group look-up in One-way trust configuration
We are seeing some odd behavior with some accounts in a SharePoint 2010 Farm that is installed in an Active Directory Domain with a 1-way trust established to another AD domain.
Here is the ...
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How do modify active directory user properties?
I use this code for find users in AD
SearchResultCollection results = null;
try
{
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
{
...
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How can I map a user authenticated via Claims Authentication to Active directory account?
I have a user that is logged into SharePoint via Claims Authentication and a custom STS. This provides the following claims:
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/authentication
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How do I keep my My Sites from prompting users for credentials?
Currently on my SharePoint 2010 install the My Sites section is roped off on a sub-domain (port 80) of the main site collection. Whenever anyone opens the main site it automatically detects their ...
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Why aren't changes in Active Directory synchronizing with the People and Groups list?
I just noticed an interesting scenario where if a users first name, last name or username is changed in AD it doesn't synchronize with the People and Groups list.
How does the Active Directory sync ...
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How to migrate User database from FBA to AD in SP2010
I have successfully migrated from WSS 3.0 to SP2010.
The User database is FBA.
However, I need to migrate from FBA to Active Directory (AD).
I need to know the process to migrate this User Database ...
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What populates the People Picker / Address Book
I'm sure I already know this... that or it is really simple but what setting, connection or page decides who is shown in the People Picker / Address Book?
Is it simply who is in your AD, determined ...
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Active directory distribution group and user permission?
We have two active directory security groups(internal) added into the sharepoint members group explicitly. GroupB is a subgroup of GroupA, when I search a user permission (went to the member group and ...
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Import User profiles from AD not working
I intend to import user profiles from AD to SharePoint 2010 but I can't do it. See the process that I am following below:
When I got to User Profile Service Application -> Configure Synchronization ...
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Populate SharePoint Contact List with AD user information
I want to import user information (contacts) from Active Directory (AD) and populate contact list in Sharepoint 2010.
I bet the easiest way is to import contacts from outlook. However, this will not ...
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list most recently added user profiles?
In a web part (either out of the box or custom), I would like to list the user profiles most recently imported from Active Directory. This would be roughly equivalent to the most recent hires. Is this ...
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Import About Me property from AD
Is it possible to import from Active Directory a property for About Me ?
On the telephones tab exists a property Notes (I think it's called Info) but I can't import it.
Thank's
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Exluding some users from Search
In AD we have two entries for users if they have a mobile number.
John Smith
John Smith (Mobile)
This is because our phone system can only display one number per entry and is hooked into AD. This I ...
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User Profile Synchronization: How to delete/overwrite “Job Title” property?
The UPS animal is a strange one. I just don't know how I can delete or overwrite a property completely.
I have the Job Title property (Imported from AD) filled on all my users. I want to change this ...
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Multiple ADs with 2 way trust not working in SP Org Browser
We run SP 2010.
We have multiple AD domains in the enterprise due to mergers and acquisitions. We now have managers and employees under the manager working in different domains.
Is there a solution ...
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SharePoint 2010 Foundation Complete Install guide
I could not find any guides on the net regarding complete installation of SharePoint 2010 Foundation on vm or SharePoint 2010 Foundation with AD on vm.
Here is my current progress:-
1. I've setup a ...
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InfoPath Form - Limiting View Access by Domain Controller's AD Groups?
I'm working on a Sharepoint 2010 server that is virtualized inside of a domain. The domain controller has Active Directory installed and thus defines the AD Groups on it.
An InfoPath 2010 form was ...
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SharePoint 2010 - Change Password WebPart?
I´m searching for a free SharePoint 2010 WebPart to change the password from the current user.
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SharePoint and several Active Directory sources(solved)
I have either a SharePoint AD sync problem or AD problem.
I have mapped several AD sources to be imported into SharePoint:
SP-domain AD 1
AD 2 - > groups to be imported into SC 2
AD 3 - > groups ...
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Can I synchronize only users that are members of a certain AD group?
I have a user profile service application set up, and now I want to import profiles from an AD, but I don't want all users, only those that are members of a given AD group. How do I do that?
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How do I import active directory photos and sync them with my site collections?
I have employee photos that are already loaded into active directory. I would like to have them pushed into SharePoint so that they are visible on the MySite pages and on all site collections.
How ...
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cannot add External Domain User To Group
I have a problem about adding a User to Group using a custom code (web part / web services is the same). In my organization I have 2 Active Directory domain (DOMAIN and DOMAINEXT). My Sharepoint farm ...
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User Contact List and Lync
I am struggling in creating a contact list.
Our company requires a sharepoint contact list so that the details of AD users are shown.
It would be great if the online status of users is shown.
I think ...
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Import and Export last profile picture to AD
I actually want to have a perfect sync of my Sharepoint site with my AD for profile picture. So, I need to have a bi-directionnal import of profile picture and a mean to have the most recent picture ...
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Powershell script for adding imported user profiles to SP group?
I've managed to import user profiles from our AD. Now I want to add all the imported user profiles into a specific SharePoint group, let's say Visitors, and doing this by using the People Picker takes ...
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Troubleshooting People-Picker errors in multi-domain environment
I'm looking for help with troubleshooting people-picker in multi-domain environment with one-way trusts.
We already executed the
stsadm –o setapppassword -password pickapassword
and
stsadm -o ...
