Sync does not import all users from AD

Question

I have a SharePoint 2016 single server farm. My User Profile Service Application is configured to use the SharePoint Active Directory Import.

I have configured a new Synchronization Connection and set a user with Reading and Replicating Directory Changes permissions.

Then I start a Full Synchronization but nothing is added or updated.

What is missing?

Answer 1

Once the user profile synchronization service is provisioned properly, you should configure the active directory import in Configure Synchronization Setting to Active Directory import

Note: There are two import modes:

• Active Directory import: This method enables you to import user information from AD DS into SharePoint user profile properties.

• External identity manager synchronization: SharePoint Server 2013 was bundled with the Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) Sync service to support complex user profile synchronization scenarios with different identity providers.

For more details check

• Configuring user profiles in SharePoint 2016
• SharePoint 2016 User Profile Service Step by Step