Danushka Silva

Sneak Peek on SharePoint 2010

Hi Techies,

MS has released SharePoint 2010 Sneak Peek. There are 3 videos (Overview, IT Professional and Developer) that discusses some of the new features. Details on the other features yet to come

Show some extra AD User Profile properties in the People and Group list.

Recently one of my colleagues wanted to import some extra user profile properties and show them in the People and Groups list. So I thought of writing a post here.

In SharePoint 2007 by default you don't get all the properties sync with AD user profile properties. If you install a fresh SharePoint server and check in the User profile and Properties, you will get only few properties that have been synced.

You can go to Central Administration -> Shared Services Administration ->SharedServices1 (your SSP name). Under User Profiles and My Sites you will find User profiles and properties. Once you click you will get a screen below.

Click Start full import. Then all the SharePoint user profile properties will be filled with AD user properties.

I will also show on how to import AD property sync with a custom property. First we need to create a property in the User Profile and Properties > View Profile Properties. Click on New Property and will get the screen below. I have shown the Edit screen as the example.

You just give meaning full names for Name and Display Name.

When you scroll down the form you will see as shown below. Here in the Policy Settings, you have to change the Default Policy Setting to Everyone. That will allow everyone to see the custom property of all users. In the Display Settings check the “Show in the profile properties section of the user's profile page” checkbox. That will allow users to see the custom property in the user’s profile page. Finally select the AD property from “Data source field to map” dropdown which you want to map with the custom property. Keep other fields as default.

Save the form and go back to the User Profiles and Properties and do a full import by clicking Start full import. After completing the import go to View user profiles and select a user. Select the edit menu and check the changes with newly added custom property.

Now go to the site -> People and Groups -> List Settings. Select the Detail View in Views and you can see the custom property we created before. Select the new property to display in the view. Here you can create a new view and make it as default view without editing the Detail View if you want.

Now users can see the custom property in People and Groups list.