Contents
- 1 How does the people picker control work in SharePoint?
- 2 What are people picker and claims Providers in SharePoint?
- 3 Are there any ad users in SharePoint 2013?
- 4 Why does people picker not resolve users from other domains?
- 5 What does people picker do in claims mode?
- 6 When to use people picker and claims Providers?
For web applications that use claims-based authentication, the People Picker control uses claims providers to list, resolve, search, and determine the “friendly” display of users, groups, and claims. A claims provider in SharePoint issues claims, which SharePoint then packages into security tokens for users.
People Picker and claims providers overview. People Picker is a web control that is used to find and select users, groups, and claims to grant permission to items such as lists, libraries, or sites in SharePoint.
How to get the picker object from the page?
Get the picker object from the page. Query the picker. The add-in in this example calls the GetAllUserInfo method to get all user information for the resolved users, and the GetAllUserKeys method to just get the keys for the resolved users. Get the user ID by using the JavaScript object model.
What does the client side people picker control do?
The client-side People Picker control lets users quickly search for and select valid user accounts for people, groups, and claims in their organization. The picker is an HTML and JavaScript control that provides cross-browser support.
I’m having problem with my SharePoint 2013 people picker. It doesn’t shows any AD users at all. But strangely, when I pick/search people in its Central Administration site, all my AD users are shown. Both of the site are on the same server and of course were installed as a same package of sharepoint installation.
Why does people picker not resolve users from other domains?
On a SharePoint site, users from other domains don’t get resolved from People Picker. Additionally, You receive the error message “No match found.” With the installation of Service Pack 2 (SP2), suddenly the People Picker would not resolve users from other domains even if one-way trust was enabled.
How to set control index for people picker?
If you have multiple people picker controls on a page, above line codes will be applicable to all controls on a page but what if you want to set the above styles/fixes only for specific people picker. Then you have to specify the control index using below syntax:
How to limit the selection of people picker?
When a web application is configured to use Windows authentication, you can limit the suggested results by using the Stsadm setproperty operation to change the settings for the People Picker control.
What does people picker do in claims mode?
In claims mode, People Picker searches and resolves queries that are based on the claims provider that is specified for the authentication method that is used by the web application and zone.
When to use people picker and claims Providers?
When a web application is configured to use claims-based authentication, People Picker uses claims providers to resolve and display users, groups, and claims in the user or group text box. The information that SharePoint displays depends on the claims provider that is used by the authentication method that was configured for the web application.