Adding and Editing Active Directory Server

If you decide to import user profile information from a set of custom servers running Microsoft Active Directory directory service, you must add the servers to the set of servers available to import user profile information. Later, you can add other servers, edit the settings for existing servers, or delete servers from the set used when importing user profile information.

On the Manage Connections page, click New Connection.
In the Connection Settings section on the Add Connection page, type a domain name in the Domain name box.
Note By default, a domain controller is automatically detected for you. To select a controller, click Select a domain controller and type a domain controller name in the Domain controller name box for the Active Directory server that you want to add.
To access this server by using a secured socket layer (SSL) secure connection, select the Use SSL-secured connection check box.
To limit the amount of time spent attempting to access a server that is not responding, type a value in the Time out box.
In the Search Settings section, type a name in the Search base text box.
If you do not enter anything in the Search base text box, SharePoint Portal Server enters the appropriate information.
In the User filter section, you can add query clauses to further filter the user profile data that you are importing.
The default value in the User filter text box is a specific Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) query.
In the Scope section, select how deeply in the Active Directory server to search for user profiles to import. You can limit the scope by selecting One level or search more deeply by clicking Subtree.
Type a value in the Page size box to limit the amount of data imported in each user profile.
Type a value in the Page time out box to limit the amount of time spent attempting to access a server that is not responding.

On the Manage Connections page, click the server that has the properties you want to edit, and then click Edit.
In the Connection Settings section on the Add Connection page, you can type a new name in the Domain controller name box.
To change whether this server uses a secured socket layer (SSL) secure connection, select or clear the Use SSL-secured connection check box.
To change the time spent waiting for a response from the domain controller, type a new value in the Time out box.
To add another node to the search base, type the distinguished name of the new node in the Search base box. For more information about distinguished names in Active Directory, see the documentation for Active Directory.
To expand or restrict the number of user profiles that you are importing, type a new clause in the User filter text box, or delete an existing clause.
To change the depth to use when searching for user profiles to import, select One level or Subtree.
Type a new value in the Page size box to limit the amount of data imported in each user profile.
Type a new value in the Page time out box to change the amount of time spent attempting to access a server that is not responding.

Adding and Editing Active Directory Server

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