en-US/about_SPUserProfileSyncConnection.help.txt
.NAME SPUserProfileSyncConnection # 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. .PARAMETER Name Key - string The name of the connection .PARAMETER Forest Required - string The name of the AD forest to read from .PARAMETER UserProfileService Required - string The name of the user profile service that this connection is attached to .PARAMETER ConnectionCredentials Required - string The credentials to connect to Active Directory with .PARAMETER IncludedOUs Required - string 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 .PARAMETER ExcludedOUs Write - string A list of the OUs to ignore users from. For SharePoint 2016/2019 matching existing OUs to include are removed. .PARAMETER Server Write - string The specific AD server to connect to .PARAMETER Port Write - uint32 The specific port to connect to .PARAMETER UseSSL Write - boolean Should SSL be used for the connection .PARAMETER UseDisabledFilter Write - boolean Should disabled accounts be filtered .PARAMETER Force Write - boolean Set to true to run the set method on every call to this resource. Only has effect on SharePoint 2013 .PARAMETER ConnectionType Write - string Allowed values: ActiveDirectory, BusinessDataCatalog The type of the connection - currently only Active Directory is supported .PARAMETER Ensure Write - string Allowed values: Present, Absent Present if the connection should exist, absent if it should not .PARAMETER InstallAccount Write - string POWERSHELL 4 ONLY: The account to run this resource as, use PsDscRunAsCredential if using PowerShell 5 .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 } } } |