Configure User Profile Service Application on SharePoint Server 2013

         Step by step Configure User Profile Service Application on SharePoint Server 2013

  

  1.  Central Administration--> Application management-->Manage service applications.

 

 

   2.  Manage service applications-->New-->User Profile Service Application. 

 

 

  3.  Provide the following details:

          Name

        Application Pool Name

        Service Account: farm but change it to a service account later after creation

         Database Server Name: 

        My Site Host URL:

         My Site Managed path:

        Site Naming Format: 

 

 

   4.  Click OK

  

5. Start the following Service

     User Profile Service

     User Profile Synchronization Service

 

6. Run an IISRESET.

7.  To configure a synchronization connection, 

 Central Administration >> Application Management >>Manage Service Application >> User Profile Service >> Configure Synchronization Connection

 

 

 8. Add a new connection

 

 9.  Provide the Sync Connection Name

             Select Active Directory

             Provide the Domain Controller Name

             Select the Authentication Provider as Windows Authentication

             Provide the Service Account details

Service account should be Read Delegation rights on Active Directory Domain Controller

 

 

   10.  Click on Populate Containers

        Select the Containers where you have got users.

 

 

  11.  And after that click "OK". After that go to User Profile Service Application  

                            

 

  12. Click on "Configure Synchronization Timer Job". Set time intervals for sync there

 

 

  13. Go to User Profile Service Application and click on "Start Profile Synchronization" to start sync.

 

  14. This is first time so we are choosing sync, choose "Full sync"

 

   Now Synchronization Status” has changed from "Idle" to "Synchronizing".

 

15. Click on the “Synchronizing” link to get the sync status

 

After the sync is completed, the status changes again “Idle”, and the results of sync in the Profiles section.

 

16. Again go to User Profile Service Application and click on "Manage User Profiles".

 

 

  After modifying some querying, here is user with their properties.

 

 

 

Thank you very much

          Fahadullah Karimi

         SharePoint Specialist

http://sharepoint-solution-tricks.blogspot.com/

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