SPUserProfileSyncConnection

SPUserProfileSyncConnection

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
Name	Key	String	The name of the connection
Forest	Required	String	The name of the AD forest to read from
UserProfileService	Required	String	The name of the user profile service that this connection is attached to
ConnectionCredentials	Required	PSCredential	The credentials to connect to Active Directory with
IncludedOUs	Required	StringArray[]	A list of the OUs to import users from. For SharePoint 2016/2019 existing OUs will not be removed if not included in this list. Use ExludedOUs for removing OUs in SharePoint 2016/2019
ExcludedOUs	Write	StringArray[]	A list of the OUs to ignore users from. For SharePoint 2016/2019 matching existing OUs to include are removed.
Server	Write	String	The specific AD server to connect to
Port	Write	UInt32	The specific port to connect to
UseSSL	Write	Boolean	Should SSL be used for the connection
UseDisabledFilter	Write	Boolean	Should disabled accounts be filtered
Force	Write	Boolean	Set to true to run the set method on every call to this resource. Only has effect on SharePoint 2013
ConnectionType	Write	String	The type of the connection - currently only Active Directory is supported	ActiveDirectory, BusinessDataCatalog
Ensure	Write	String	Present if the connection should exist, absent if it should not	Present, Absent

Description

Type: Distributed Requires CredSSP: No

This resource will ensure a specifc user profile sync connection is in place and that it is configured accordingly to its definition

This resource currently supports AD only.

Force only works with SharePoint 2013. For SharePoint 2016/2019 the resource is not able to remove existing OUs. You will have to use the ExcludedOUs for this. This means you need to know which OUs to remove. If any extra OUs exists after the configuration has run the test method will report the resource not in desired state.

Examples

Example 1

This example adds a new user profile sync connection to the specified user profile service app

Configuration Example
{
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $SetupAccount,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $ConnectionAccount
    )

    Import-DscResource -ModuleName SharePointDsc

    node localhost
    {
        SPUserProfileSyncConnection MainDomain
        {
            UserProfileService    = "User Profile Service Application"
            Forest                = "contoso.com"
            Name                  = "Contoso"
            ConnectionCredentials = $ConnectionAccount
            Server                = "server.contoso.com"
            UseSSL                = $false
            IncludedOUs           = @("OU=SharePoint Users,DC=Contoso,DC=com")
            ExcludedOUs           = @("OU=Notes Usersa,DC=Contoso,DC=com")
            Force                 = $false
            ConnectionType        = "ActiveDirectory"
            PsDscRunAsCredential  = $SetupAccount
        }
    }
}