{"id":2216,"date":"2011-10-27T13:25:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T05:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sharepointboost.com\/blog\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T03:40:26","slug":"how-to-configure-user-profile-synchronization-in-moss-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boostsolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-user-profile-synchronization-in-moss-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure user profile synchronization in Moss 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

User profiles provide detailed information about individuals in your organization. A user profile organizes and displays all the properties as well as documents and other items that are related to each user.<\/p>\n

The following steps will teach you how to complete the configuration.<\/p>\n

Step 1.<\/strong> Go to Central Administration<\/em> <\/strong>> Application Management<\/em>, click the link Shared Services Administration <\/em>on the left section, enter Manage this Farm’s Shared Services <\/em>page.<\/p>\n

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Step 2.<\/strong> Click New SSP<\/em>, enter New Shared Services Provider<\/em> page, type the required fields, then click <\/strong>OK<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Step 3.<\/strong> Now we start to really get into creating the provider according to your configuration. The screenshot below means that the provider has been created successfully.<\/p>\n

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Step 4. <\/strong>Go to the Shared Services Administration <\/em>site.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Step 5.<\/strong> On the Homepage of the SSP, in the User Profiles and My Sites <\/em>section, click User profiles and properties<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Step 6.<\/strong> On the User Profiles and Properties<\/em> page, in the Profile and Import Settings<\/em> section, click Configure profile import<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Step 7.<\/strong> On the Configure Profile Import<\/em> page, in the Source<\/em> section, select the provider such as Current domain (China) <\/em>from which to import user profiles.<\/p>\n

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Step 8. <\/strong>In the Default Access Account<\/em> section, select one of the following:<\/p>\n