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During a full import, values of Active Directory properties overwrite the values
of user profile properties mapped to Active Directory. If the value for an Active
Directory property is empty, any customizations in the value of the user profile
property mapped to Active Directory will be retained. Deleted Active Directory
accounts will not be deleted from the profile database during a full import.
Another type of import exists: the incremental import. During an incremental
import, profile information about users whose Active Directory records have
changed or have been added since the last import is overwritten. Incremental
imports will significantly shorten the time it takes to complete the import. To perform
incremental imports, the account must have the Replicate Changes permission
for Active Directory directory services provided by Windows 2000 Server. The permission
is not required for Windows 2003 Active Directory.
Incremental imports can be started from the Manage Profile Database page. If
a full or incremental import takes too much time or if server performance drops to
an unacceptably low level, you can stop the import, which can also be done using
the Manage Profile Database page.
To view an import log
You can view a log of past imports, which can be used for troubleshooting purposes.
You can do this by going to the Manage Profile Database page, in the Profile
and Import Settings, and clicking View import log.
To view active and missing user profiles
The View User Profiles page has two views. The Active view includes all active
user profiles that were imported during the last full import. The Missing from
Import view includes the user profiles that were imported in the past but were not
imported in the previous three full imports because the user profile information was
not available from Active Directory.
1. On the Manage Profile Database page, in the Profile and Import Settings
section, click View user profiles.
2. On the View User Profiles page, in the Action pane, click the view that you
want to see.
■ To view active user profiles, click Active.
■ To view missing user profiles, click Missing from import.
Managing Active Directory Connections
When you configure import settings for user profiles, you can choose to import user
profile information from servers running Active Directory for your current domain,
from servers running Active Directory for your entire forest, or from servers running
Active Directory on one or multiple custom domains. You can import user profile
information only from Active Directory, environments running Microsoft Windows
NT 4.0 domain controllers will not be able to benefit from this.