How to support multiple domains in SharePoint Server?

How to support multiple domains in SharePoint Server?

To get this done , first we need to configure the people picker to search the users from both the domains , execute the below power shell commands from SharePoint server machine to configure the people picker : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg602075.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263460 (office.12).aspx

How to set people picker in SharePoint local domain?

You need to set the peoplepicker-searchadforests property for each one-way trusted domain from a SharePoint perspective. The following command was delivered to have the people picker look up users in all domains that are in trust relationship with the SharePoint local domain.

How to select people from multiple forests in SharePoint?

Details to select people and groups from multiple forests are available in Peoplepicker-searchadforests: Stsadm property (Office SharePoint Server). Use this procedure to enable selection of people and groups from multiple forests or domains that have a one-way trust relationship from the farm.

Is there one way trust between SharePoint and fabrikam?

There is a one-way trust between domain fabrikam (resource domain) and Contoso (user domain) where fabrikam trusts Contoso, that is, Contoso users can access fabrikam resources like SharePoint but not vice versa. Here the and refer to an account with read permissions to the user domain.

Can a SharePoint farm be migrated to another domain?

Users are migrated to Domain B together with the SID history from Domain A, and the users are still active in Domain A. In a SharePoint farm that resides in one of the domains, you may experience the following issues: Users from one of the domains can’t be found in the people picker.

Is there two way trust in SharePoint farm?

Assume that there’s a two-way domain trust between two domains (Domain A and Domain B). Users are migrated to Domain B together with the SID history from Domain A, and the users are still active in Domain A. In a SharePoint farm that resides in one of the domains, you may experience the following issues:

When do you need to resolve users from other domains?

Typically it’s a user account from the trusted (user) domain, such as contoso\\account. If there are multiple domains from which users need to be resolved, they need to be entered in a single stsadm command and not separate. For example, If you have two domains contoso and adatum from which users need to be resolved.