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Before importing user profiles, you must configure the import settings. You set up an import account for a specific server running Microsoft Active Directory directory service in your organization. Then you enable full or incremental imports, and schedule when those imports should regularly occur.

1. On the Manage Profile Database page, click Configure profile import.
2. In the Source section, select the server running Active Directory from which to import user profiles. This can be from the Current domain, the Entire forest, or a set of Custom source domains that include the current domain.

   Note  If you select Custom source, the Manage Connections page appears when you click OK on this page.

3. In the Access Account section, type the account name and password for an account that has rights to Active Directory.
4. In the Full Import Schedule section, select Schedule full import.
5. In the Incremental Import section, click Schedule incremental import to show this option on the Manage User Profiles page.

   Note  If the option isn't available, select Import from Active Directory by using the incremental method in the Source section.

   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.

   Add the Replicate Changes permission for Active Directory directory services provided by Windows 2000 Server

   1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and click Active Directory Users and Computers.
   2. Right-click the domain object, such as "company.com", and then click Properties.
   3. Click the Security tab.
   4. If the desired user account is not listed, click Add. If the desired user account is listed, proceed to the next step.
      1. On the Select Users, Computers, or Groups page, click the desired user account, and then click Add.
      2. Click OK.
   5. In the Name box, click the desired user account.
   6. In the Permissions box, find the Replicating Directory Changes option, and then select the Allow check box.
   7. Click OK.
6. For each type of import you have enabled, select a start time from the Start at drop-down list.
7. To schedule imports at this time every day, select Every day.
8. To schedule imports on certain days of the week, select Every week on, and then select the days on which you want to import user profiles.
9. To schedule imports once a month, select Every month on this date, and then select the day of the month on which to import user profiles.
10. Click OK.

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Importing User Profiles

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