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Will SharePoint 2016 Active Directory Import support Profile Pictures?

You can configure SharePoint 2016 to import Active Directory properties to user profiles via Central Admin > Manage Service Applications > User Profile Service Application > Configure Synchronization ...
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How to connect with AD in SharePoint 2013 On Premises User Profile service

From your question I guess that you mean that there is only seven MySites visible in search. It makes sense since the MySite isn't created until the user requests it. The first time a user tries to ...
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Sid have empty values ​after SharePoint UserProfile Sync

Try with the REST api, like this: <siteurl>/_api/sp.userprofiles.peoplemanager/getuserprofilepropertyfor(accountname=@v, propertyname='SID')?@v='<accountname>'
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How do I create a Phone List of employees in SharePoint using information found in Active directory

I'm sure there are many ways to do this, but thought I'd share parts of my Powershell solution to do exactly that. Maybe it will give you some ideas even if you use different language. I wronte this ...
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Sync does not import all users from AD

Once the user profile synchronization service is provisioned properly, you should configure the active directory import in Configure Synchronization Setting to Active Directory import Note: There ...
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Can we Sync the "Contact Information" section inside the users' my-site from active directory

Yes, you can. That is the purpose of the User Profile Synchronization Service. You need to configure the Import field mapping from AD to the User Profile. This is done in the User Profile Service ...
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SharePoint 2019 on premise - user profiles not deleting from search

This is expected behavior when using AD Import. AD Import will not automatically do anything to a profile that no longer falls into the scope of the import (e.g. if you begin filtering which would ...
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Does SharePoint Farm require a Domain Controller?

Make sure that the User Profile Sync Service Account has Replicate Directory Changes permission In Active Directory. The Replicate Directory Changes permission enables the synchronization account to ...
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Does SharePoint Farm require a Domain Controller?

Yes you will need Domain controller if you want to sync between Active Directory and SharePoint user profile service application. Domain controller is itself responsible to authenticate user , store ...
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Sync all Active Directory properties to SP Online User Profiles

SharePoint Online user profile syncs properties from Azure AD. There are fixed set of properties that it syncs which cannot be changed. See this link for list of properties that SharePoint online ...
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Sharepoint Active Directory Import importing users from unselected OU

I've sorted this one out. I'll leave this here in case it helps someone else. The import is set up correctly. What's happening is that when users that don't have a profile created during the import ...
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Multi Domain Sharepoint user profiles

You would have to work with the AD teams that manage those. You would have to identify the duplicate users and move them to specific OU. Then you can configure People Picker to exclude those OUs from ...
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AD Import Connections in Multi-Domain Environment

ADI does not support single connection to multiple forest but it support the multiple connection to single support. We have exact same scenario where we have 5 child domains, so we create 6 ...
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Synchronisation and permission issues with managing user profiles

To delete a User Profile you need to be a User Profile Service admin. In Manage Service Application select the User Profile Service Application (Don't click the link, just select the line.) and then ...
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Cannot update user profile custom property through ssom

You should firstly check the permission your code running for retrieve User Profile information. SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges Method is used for running the code block under the Application ...
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User Profile Service Application - Feed Cache Repopulation Job - Failed

NOTE: When working with the DC in PS (using the SP Shell Admin) you need to run as administrator and you need to load the connection from SP Shell Admin to the App Fabric Cache Service by using the ...
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How to import active directory SharePoint online

You will need to use Active Directory Connect to sync your on-premises Active Directory. I recently did this on a trial account and I don't think there is any restriction, obviously, you only get 5 ...
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How to connect with AD in SharePoint 2013 On Premises User Profile service

You have to create a Sync Connection between SharePoint UPA and AD. For this from Central Admin > Manager Service Application, Click on the UPA. On this Page Click on Configure Synchronization ...
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I can't find imported Active Directory users

Unfortunately, providing access to SharePoint OnPremise over the internet is not an easy job. Especially if you want to make it secure and user-friendly. It is not enough just to get a profile in ...
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