RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007)
No. OOTB SharePoint doesn't allow overwriting AD. It's a one-way street. Any changes are temporary and would be overwritten with the next [full] profile import. There are custom solutions but the very idea of letting someone make changes to these profiles in this manner is a little scarifying. :) Have you considered using something like SUSHI which can semi-automate this process for you? Regards, Paul -- Online Developer/SharePoint Administrator, ICT Infrastrcuture Team CEO Sydney From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 10:31 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) Hey all Got a strange question that's sort of bugging me. In the user profile database on MOSS 2007, there's the option to add user photos. Currently, all our employee photos are stored in a teamsite, and their 'mySite' points their photo URL to that teamsite. This URL is also stored in Active Directory (under the 'websites' | 'other' property) What generally happens is reception updates these URL's in the profile database on SharePoint. My understanding is that up until a week ago, the profile database updated AD with these URL's, but since last week Wednesday, this has stopped happening, with the result being that AD now overwrites the picture URL field in SharePoint (i.e. If the URL has been changed in SharePoint, AD overwrites it, with the result being that ). Is this 'writeback' to AD even possible out the box? (I never thought it was, but the evidence seems to point otherwise) Nothing has changed in the UPD to my knowledge, and the property field mappings have been unchanged for a few months. [cid:image001.png@01CBD990.FB0CA8E0] *Please ensure that you log all issues or requests with the IT Service Centre. When logging calls, please include a detailed description of the problem.* Nigel Hertz Software Developer | Information Technology Stockland Level 25 | 133 Castlereagh Street | Sydney NSW 2000 T: 02 9035 2617 | F: 02 8988 2617 Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. inline: image001.png___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss
RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007)
Nigel, I remember I implemented the Write-Back for your SharePoint 2003 installation - was this re-implemented in some fashion for your SharePoint 2007 installation? Cheers, J. From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 10:01 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) Hey all Got a strange question that's sort of bugging me. In the user profile database on MOSS 2007, there's the option to add user photos. Currently, all our employee photos are stored in a teamsite, and their 'mySite' points their photo URL to that teamsite. This URL is also stored in Active Directory (under the 'websites' | 'other' property) What generally happens is reception updates these URL's in the profile database on SharePoint. My understanding is that up until a week ago, the profile database updated AD with these URL's, but since last week Wednesday, this has stopped happening, with the result being that AD now overwrites the picture URL field in SharePoint (i.e. If the URL has been changed in SharePoint, AD overwrites it, with the result being that ). Is this 'writeback' to AD even possible out the box? (I never thought it was, but the evidence seems to point otherwise) Nothing has changed in the UPD to my knowledge, and the property field mappings have been unchanged for a few months. [cid:image001.png@01CBD990.09B6E410] *Please ensure that you log all issues or requests with the IT Service Centre. When logging calls, please include a detailed description of the problem.* Nigel Hertz Software Developer | Information Technology Stockland Level 25 | 133 Castlereagh Street | Sydney NSW 2000 T: 02 9035 2617 | F: 02 8988 2617 Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. inline: image001.png___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss
RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007)
Hey James, Yeah it was re-implemented, but we stopped using it early last year when we upgraded AD. Employee photos have definitely been updated since then though. *Please ensure that you log all issues or requests with the IT Service Centre. When logging calls, please include a detailed description of the problem.* From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of James Boman Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 11:48 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) Nigel, I remember I implemented the Write-Back for your SharePoint 2003 installation - was this re-implemented in some fashion for your SharePoint 2007 installation? Cheers, J. From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 10:01 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) Hey all Got a strange question that's sort of bugging me. In the user profile database on MOSS 2007, there's the option to add user photos. Currently, all our employee photos are stored in a teamsite, and their 'mySite' points their photo URL to that teamsite. This URL is also stored in Active Directory (under the 'websites' | 'other' property) What generally happens is reception updates these URL's in the profile database on SharePoint. My understanding is that up until a week ago, the profile database updated AD with these URL's, but since last week Wednesday, this has stopped happening, with the result being that AD now overwrites the picture URL field in SharePoint (i.e. If the URL has been changed in SharePoint, AD overwrites it, with the result being that ). Is this 'writeback' to AD even possible out the box? (I never thought it was, but the evidence seems to point otherwise) Nothing has changed in the UPD to my knowledge, and the property field mappings have been unchanged for a few months. [cid:image001.png@01CBD99B.CD5EA000] *Please ensure that you log all issues or requests with the IT Service Centre. When logging calls, please include a detailed description of the problem.* Nigel Hertz Software Developer | Information Technology Stockland Level 25 | 133 Castlereagh Street | Sydney NSW 2000 T: 02 9035 2617 | F: 02 8988 2617 Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. _ Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. inline: image001.png___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss
RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007)
When did the last Profile Synchronization job run? Pity there's not a better history log for these jobs. Regards, Paul -- Online Developer/SharePoint Administrator, ICT Infrastrcuture Team CEO Sydney From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:11 PM To: ozMOSS Subject: RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) No. OOTB SharePoint doesn't allow overwriting AD. It's a one-way street. That's what I thought. Oh well, not serious - disabling the mapping to AD stops it being overwritten - just strange how it's been updated over the past few months. *Please ensure that you log all issues or requests with the IT Service Centre. When logging calls, please include a detailed description of the problem.* From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Paul Noone Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 10:52 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) No. OOTB SharePoint doesn't allow overwriting AD. It's a one-way street. Any changes are temporary and would be overwritten with the next [full] profile import. There are custom solutions but the very idea of letting someone make changes to these profiles in this manner is a little scarifying. :) Have you considered using something like SUSHI which can semi-automate this process for you? Regards, Paul -- Online Developer/SharePoint Administrator, ICT Infrastrcuture Team CEO Sydney From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 10:31 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) Hey all Got a strange question that's sort of bugging me. In the user profile database on MOSS 2007, there's the option to add user photos. Currently, all our employee photos are stored in a teamsite, and their 'mySite' points their photo URL to that teamsite. This URL is also stored in Active Directory (under the 'websites' | 'other' property) What generally happens is reception updates these URL's in the profile database on SharePoint. My understanding is that up until a week ago, the profile database updated AD with these URL's, but since last week Wednesday, this has stopped happening, with the result being that AD now overwrites the picture URL field in SharePoint (i.e. If the URL has been changed in SharePoint, AD overwrites it, with the result being that ). Is this 'writeback' to AD even possible out the box? (I never thought it was, but the evidence seems to point otherwise) Nothing has changed in the UPD to my knowledge, and the property field mappings have been unchanged for a few months. [cid:image001.png@01CBD99C.36ACF020] *Please ensure that you log all issues or requests with the IT Service Centre. When logging calls, please include a detailed description of the problem.* Nigel Hertz Software Developer | Information Technology Stockland Level 25 | 133 Castlereagh Street | Sydney NSW 2000 T: 02 9035 2617 | F: 02 8988 2617 Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. inline: image001.png___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss
RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007)
It runs daily (successfully) From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Paul Noone Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:12 PM To: ozMOSS Subject: RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) When did the last Profile Synchronization job run? Pity there's not a better history log for these jobs. Regards, Paul -- Online Developer/SharePoint Administrator, ICT Infrastrcuture Team CEO Sydney From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 12:11 PM To: ozMOSS Subject: RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) No. OOTB SharePoint doesn't allow overwriting AD. It's a one-way street. That's what I thought. Oh well, not serious - disabling the mapping to AD stops it being overwritten - just strange how it's been updated over the past few months. *Please ensure that you log all issues or requests with the IT Service Centre. When logging calls, please include a detailed description of the problem.* From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Paul Noone Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 10:52 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: RE: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) No. OOTB SharePoint doesn't allow overwriting AD. It's a one-way street. Any changes are temporary and would be overwritten with the next [full] profile import. There are custom solutions but the very idea of letting someone make changes to these profiles in this manner is a little scarifying. :) Have you considered using something like SUSHI which can semi-automate this process for you? Regards, Paul -- Online Developer/SharePoint Administrator, ICT Infrastrcuture Team CEO Sydney From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2011 10:31 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: Profile database and photos (MOSS 2007) Hey all Got a strange question that's sort of bugging me. In the user profile database on MOSS 2007, there's the option to add user photos. Currently, all our employee photos are stored in a teamsite, and their 'mySite' points their photo URL to that teamsite. This URL is also stored in Active Directory (under the 'websites' | 'other' property) What generally happens is reception updates these URL's in the profile database on SharePoint. My understanding is that up until a week ago, the profile database updated AD with these URL's, but since last week Wednesday, this has stopped happening, with the result being that AD now overwrites the picture URL field in SharePoint (i.e. If the URL has been changed in SharePoint, AD overwrites it, with the result being that ). Is this 'writeback' to AD even possible out the box? (I never thought it was, but the evidence seems to point otherwise) Nothing has changed in the UPD to my knowledge, and the property field mappings have been unchanged for a few months. [cid:image001.png@01CBD99D.89983E60] *Please ensure that you log all issues or requests with the IT Service Centre. When logging calls, please include a detailed description of the problem.* Nigel Hertz Software Developer | Information Technology Stockland Level 25 | 133 Castlereagh Street | Sydney NSW 2000 T: 02 9035 2617 | F: 02 8988 2617 Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. _ Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. inline: image001.png___ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss
