Sharepoint 2010 User Profile and User Profile Synchronization Service

Overview

The User Profile service application stores information about users in a central location. Social computing features use this information to facilitate productive interactions which enable users to collaborate efficiently. In order to provision My Sites, enable social computing features such as social tagging and newsfeeds, and create and distribute profiles across multiple sites and farms, you must enable the User Profile service application.

How to do

1.     Create new User Profile Service Application

2.     Fill information: Name, Application Pool

3.     Make sure User Profile Service Application Proxy is started

4.     Make sure User Profile Service and User Profile Synchronization Service are started

5.     Go to central admin >> Application management >> under Service Applications click to Manage service applications >> choose User Profile Service Application then click Manage on ribbon

6.     Click to Configure Synchronization Connection

7.     Click to Create New Connection

8.     Fill information:

a.     Connection Name: name

b.    Forest name: your forest name

c.     Account Name: user have delegate permission

9.     Click Populate Containers button and choose some users

10.  Create Connection successfully

11.  Go to central admin >> Application management >> under Service Applications click to Manage service applications >> choose User Profile Service Application then click Manage on ribbon >> click to Start Profile Synchronization

 12.  Start Full Synchronization

13.  Done

14.  Go to central admin >> Application management >> under Service Applications click to Manage service applications >> choose User Profile Service Application then click Manage on ribbon >> click to Manage User Profiles to view all users

15.  All users

16.  Export user properties to Active directory: Go to central admin >> Application management >> under Service Applications click to Manage service applications >> choose User Profile Service Application then click Manage on ribbon >> click to Manage User properties

17.  Choose Name >> click on Context menu >> Edit

18.  Remove Import, then Add new Source data connection

a.     Source data connection: your domain

b.    Attribute: displayName

c.     Direction: Export

Then click add and result as

19.  Try edit display name of any user

20.  Plus more text into Name

21.  Start Profile Synchronization again

22.  Start Full Synchronize

23.  Display name is exported to Active directory successfully