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Can you set LDAP query for certain ad groups?
The LDAP query can be set for peoplepicker-adcustomfilter property for a Site Collection, but it appears to not affect AD Groups and only “People” e.g. AD Users. The reason I say “appears” is that the Users being returned seem to abide by the LDAP query, but the AD Groups seem to return all of them.
In sharepoint, when we search for users using “People Picker”, it fetches the users from “User Information List” as well as Active Directory. Now, the issue is that, if we disable a user in Active Directory & search in people picker, It still provides that user in search results (as that user is available in local sharepoint site collection cache).
What happens if I disable people picker search?
Now, the issue is that, if we disable a user in Active Directory & search in people picker, It still provides that user in search results (as that user is available in local sharepoint site collection cache). I understand we can restrict people-picker to read filtered ACTIVE AD members using:
How to add AD groups to people picker?
Add the AD groups from your list in Step 1 to this SP group. Remove any individual account (such as yours) from the group. In your people picker column settings, change the “Allow selection from” to “People and groups”. Then change the “Choose From” to “SharePoint Group” and in the drop-down choose the list you created.
In your people picker column settings, change the “Allow selection from” to “People and groups”. Then change the “Choose From” to “SharePoint Group” and in the drop-down choose the list you created. How to use this nifty little thingie?
Why is people picker not working in Moss?
First, why this isn’t working: The default behavior of the People Picker is not to query AD via LDAP. It is to query the SharePoint User Profile database. This is populated via user import. In MOSS, it is through a scheduled (or manual) user import.