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Usually, AD refers to Microsoft Active Directory - a directory service that contains information about users, groups, computers and other entities relevant for managing enterprise IT infrastructure based on Microsoft Windows Server.

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User profile synchronization - AD - "&" character triggers update on users

When doing a sync against AD almost every user get updated. And this happens every time I'm doing a sync! When I look at FIM it looks like SPS-Deparment detects changes because AD has a different &...
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Get Sharepoint Permissions\Roles (custom) of a user from AD Group that is part of SP Group via CSOM

SharePoint 2013 + provider-hosted app. User is part of AD group. AD group is part of Sharepoint group. Sharepoint group has custom security permissions assigned. How do I check whether user has some ...
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Online365. Does SharePoint sync user photos automatically or all users need to visit Delve page?

As I've understood from this article, SharePoint syncs photos when the user visits "Me.aspx" page (when he logs in it triggers synchronization) Am I right?... We uploaded few photos to AD, they are ...
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Update-SPProfilePhotoStore executing successfully but not Profile updating photos in sharepoint 2013

I'm running this command in powershell Update-SPProfilePhotoStore -CreateThumbnailsForImportedPhotos 1 -MySiteHostLocation http://mysite.mydomain.local It's executing successfully but the profile ...
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how to check if user is logged in from FBA account or AD account

I want to check through the code that the user logged is is from FBA membership provider database or from AD account
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User Import problems

I have a problem that I can't resolve with many searches or impossible to understand. I am using the AD import with my SharePoint install 2013 sever. My problem is : The AD import is ok , I can ...
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AD group users can not access SharePoint site

I have created an AD group with 320 users, and added the AD group to a SharePoint group so users can have access, however there are around 20 users that cant access SharePoint site and receive access ...
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OneDrive failed to sync - "Sorry, OneDrive can’t add your folder right now", MachineIsNotAllowedToSync

I have two computers in discussion, one from work (joined in a company domain) and one personal. Trying to sync OneDrive for business on personal computer fails, with this message: Sorry, OneDrive ...
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Is it possible to search cases/documents by user's sid?

In AD I have a lot of users that may change their personal data. When I use search by user name obviously I don't get correct results. One solution is to update all necessary items metadata when user ...
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How do you populate information from a user's AD profile to a list in SharePoint

We have a custom list for user access request....as it stands now, they have to select the employee name and supervisor from the(ppl picker) fields, and select the following from a drop down (job ...
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Issue sending workflow email, to an email enabled AD security group

I have an issue sending workflow email, to an email enabled AD security group. I sandwiched the AD group inside a SharePoint group and give permission in the site(this is the usual way to send email ...
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How to resolve "Multiple entries matched, please click to resolve."?

I am working with SharePoint Foundation 2013. I have created a custom HTML page and kept a Client Side People Picker. Now when I set the current user in People Picker I get following There is no ...
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User Azure AD groups in SharePoint

We have an education license office 365 and i can create groups in AD azure portal (Microsoft). but in SharePoint I can see users but not groups anybody can help me to see groups (created in azure ...
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User ID's in User Information List are updated/changed

In which scenario's user id's will update/changed? Any help much appreciated. Thanks in Advance.
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Permissions to AD group does not work until refresh

I have an AD group "superusers" which has direct access to some list items in a list. Using Check Permissions show that even though the AD group is listed with access to the list item, it does not ...
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Allow custom non-AD CRM users with SharePoint online login

Trying to figure-out if it's possible to allow for non-AD users from a custom CRM system (where users credentials are stored in a custom SQLServer DB) to login with their credentials on SharePoint ...
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Questions on SPUser

I have a few questions related to the User object in SharePoint. When I use AD users, if I Disable a user in AD and run profile synchronization and get the SPUser instance for this user, I have no way ...
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HTTP 500 Internal Server Error in SharePoint 2013

There are two SharePoint 2013 farms - Production and Development. We have an AD account which runs a couple of WCF services. If I login with that account to any computer (tried a couple)/or open IE ...
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JavaScript: add AD security groups to list item permissions

I use the code below to group permissions on list items. This works fine for SharePoint groups. How'd I do this for AD security groups? (SP2013) restrictToGroup = function( a ) { var ctx = new ...
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Remove users and their MySite using CSOM

I have a scenario in which I have to remove the users from SharePoint after they have left the company. Say, I have 5 users who left the company. So I'll write a CSOM code to read the names from a ...
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User Profile Synchronization Won't Update Profiles in SharePoint 2013

OK, so just as the title suggests, I am not able to see changes made in AD reflect in my SharePoint 2013 environment. I have successfully created a User Profile Synchronization application (CA > ...
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Name change not shown in Sharepoint

Our SharePoint 2007 farm imports user info from AD daily. We have found a problem with one user (there may be more). This user has changed her surname - it was changed on AD and imported to ...
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Login Name in User Information List is in Lower Case

In AD, the login name is in upper case (example: CONTOSO\JANE.DOE). In the user profile found in the SharePoint User Profile Service Application, it's still in upper case. However, in the SharePoint ...
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Remove Replicating directory changes on a user - AD - powershell

I'm having problem in my production environment with User Profile Synchronization Service that is stuck on starting. I'm not able to reach the AD but the hosting company does. I think they might have ...
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Line breaks in streetAddress AD attribute not shown on MySite

We currently use the AD attributes co, st, streetAddress, l etc. to hold a user's address data. Even though streetAddress is not a multivalue attribute in AD, you can enter multiple lines, simply ...
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user not synchronized in 'my settings' once the UPN was changed in AD

we changed some upn in AD and the usernames did not updated and could not login. Once we restarted the server with sharepoint apps they could log in but if they go to username > My settings they still ...
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People Picker Port Tester Failed to DNS Test

I have a Problem with People Picker in Sharepoint 2013, I have One Domain Server with windows server 2008 and one Server for MSSQL 2012 and Sharepoint 2013. "we have a small network with 14 users at ...
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PowerApps - Pre populate People field with Current User's Manager(s)

I have a requirement for my canvas app to prepopulate several People Picker fields based on the current User's Org information in the AD. I've added the Office365Users connection, and successfully ...
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Connection issues with People Picker

I have a freshly installed development version of SharePoint 2016, however when I go to share a site, on the local development machine the people pickers is able to see the AD tree, however when the ...
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An error occurred while retrieving token from XML response: AADSTS90023: Invalid STS request

I have an issue with my AD account. I tried using Python to access SharePoint list folder. But I am facing an issue, as given below. This is error: An error occurred while retrieving token from XML ...
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Different Site Permission Levels showing for different site collection - When User from AD group which is mapped in both Site Collection

I have two different site collection A and B. We are using AD user groups inside the SharePoint Groups. But, while checking the site permission for the particular user, it is behaving different in ...
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SharePoint People Picker not picking users from inside AD Group

I have an AD Group inside a SharePoint Group, and a Person or Group field that's choosing from the SharePoint Group. When I look for a person that's in the mentioned AD GRoup, the person is not being ...
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Can't get Organization Name from AD

Good day, I have a question with getting user profile data from AD by JavaScript for SharePoint Display Form. I can get user Department by script: <SharePoint:ScriptLink ID="ScriptLink2" name="SP....
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An exception occurred in AD claim provider when calling SPClaimProvider.FillResolveClaim

2013 on prem farm with Active Directory claims authentication and 2012 R2 Servers. Certain people are unable to open items in lists that they have submitted items to. Other's, including myself, ...
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Check if user is in AD group using Javascript

I need to check if user is part of an AD Group with Javascript. I've created a SP group and I added an AD Group to it and I am part of this group. I removed my user from Site Administrators and Site ...
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SP 2013 sync with AD not updating manager change

When the manager on an existing employee is updated in AD, some are not syncing and others are. I can't see anything different about the manager property for those employees that would cause an issue....
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Create user account in local AD on SharePoint Online list form submission

I need to implement a solution where a user submits a SharePoint Online list form and with those details we should create a local AD user account. I am fine if this could be implemented as a scheduler,...
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Get users from an AD-group

I want to retrieve users/ a user from an AD-group in SharePoint 2016 and show them on the permissions site under site settings. Add a custom button for this first under the permissions menu for ...
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Odd behaviour from Infopath, SP list and active directory

Hi I have built a time sheet system in Sharepoint 2013 and I am getting some unexpected results for some users (not all). Basically I have one list which is a basic sharepoint list which lists ...
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SharePoint Online - user id causing problem - userdisp.aspx?ID=

After the support team (third-party) deleted a user and created the same user in another OU we're having some problem. Old ID is showing up on "Created by" on some document set, see picture below: ...
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Single AD user having 2 email addresses + SharePoint created 2 users

We are stuck in very difficult scenario. We have a user U1 which has 2 email addresses in system U1@abc.com and U1@def.com Now Sharepoint has 2 users for this i:0#.w|abc\U1 i:0#.w|def\U1 Now in AD ...
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Can we generate email signature page using SharePoint Mysite

Hi I am looking for best way to generate email signature including Company logo image in SharePoint (Mysite and AD). So if user click on a link, it should open up a page with his following details: ...
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sync Ad custom atrbute with userprofiles

I have tried and failed to use the built-in UI to map some custom properties from an AD over to SharePoint. That is when I went over to a Powershell script that can do the same. The problem I'm ...
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Organization Browser of any user (not just current user)

I want to get organization browser for any user not just current user that is logged in. How can I make it happen? any advise? : ) note: I cannot use visual studio.
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Exclude expired accounts from the UPS import

I need to be able to exclude users from the import from AD that have an account that is expired BUT not disabled. We currently filter like this Attribute Operator Filter ...
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User profiles service and AD

I have selected specific ou's to sync for user profiles and added exclusion filters. After an initial full sync I have gone back and un-ticked some OU's. Performed a full sync but the profiles are ...
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Missing departement in user profile

I have a user whose account does not display department in the user list in a site SharePoint 2010. For example, user2's departement does not appear in the list. But this departement information ...
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AD Groups of one domain/farm( 2013) not showing up on SharePoint(2007) in another domain

I have SharePoint 2013 and 2007 environments, i have created test AD groups on 2013 farm and would like that to show up on 2007 farm. Note - 2013 and 2007 are different domains SharePoint 2013 Farm - ...
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SP 2013 AD import leaves out some user accounts

For some reason doung an AD import leaves some user accounts 'missing. The account I'm using certainly has "Replicating Diredtory Changes Permissions" but still a no go. Odd thing is if someone from ...
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SharePoint 2013: Sync Active Directory Detail Information with SharePoint Users

I am setting up a new SharePoint 2013 environment and the customer is requesting that the detailed information from Active Directory (phone #, email, fax, etc.) be synced with the user information in ...
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