System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed

Active Directory User Discovery

Active Directory User Discovery discovers user accounts and their AD attributes. ConfigMgr discovers the username, unique username, domain, and AD container names attributes by default; you can specify additional attributes. To configure Active Directory User Discovery, perform these steps:

1. In the Administration workspace, navigate to Overview -> Hierarchy Configuration -> Discovery Methods.

2. In the Navigation tree, select Active Directory User Discovery and choose Properties.

• On the General tab, as displayed in Figure 9.6, enable Active Directory User Discovery. Use the starburst icon to specify an Active Directory container to search by providing the LDAP path manually or clicking the Browse button to ...