Which three actions should you perform?

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Case Study: 1
Large Company
Background
You are the SharePoint administrator for a large company. You are responsible for installing and
configuring a multi-server SharePoint environment that will be used for information management
and collaboration.
The company has an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. User-specific contact
information, including employee photos, is stored and managed in Active Directory. All employees
are located in the ActiveUsers organizational unit (OU).
The User Profile Synchronization service runs on a server named SERVER1.
Business Requirements
The SharePoint environment must meet the following business requirements:
• Ensure that users can connect to the portal by using the same URL
from any location.
• Ensure that users can access corporate information from outside the
network without using a VPN connection.
• Allow users to configure notifications for content changes.
• Allow users to follow content creators.
• Limit the number of sites and people each user can follow to 100.
• Allow content authors to upload documents, large image files, and
large video files for consumption by internal and external users.
• Allow administrators to promote search query results across the
entire company.
• Utilize My Sites to share content.
• Provide opportunities for social interaction.
Technical Requirements
You must meet the following technical requirements for the SharePoint environment:
• Do not exceed the minimum hardware specifications.
• Install the minimum supported versions of all software on the
servers.
• Control the growth of storage utilization.
• Maximize existing content database usage before creating new
content databases.
• Store large files on network attached storage (NAS).
• Ensure that all web applications, site collections, files, databases,
and components stay within the supported limits.
• Configure the User Profile Synchronization service to import user
profile data from Active Directory.
• Grant the User Profile service account the least permissions
necessary to read data.
• Ensure that current and future SharePoint environments include the
most recent software updates.
• Use predefined database naming conventions.
• Create individual user sites by using the
https://contoso.com/personal/path.
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You need to import employee photos into SharePoint user profiles by using the least amount of
administrative effort.
Which three actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose
three.)

###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study: 1
Large Company
Background
You are the SharePoint administrator for a large company. You are responsible for installing and
configuring a multi-server SharePoint environment that will be used for information management
and collaboration.
The company has an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. User-specific contact
information, including employee photos, is stored and managed in Active Directory. All employees
are located in the ActiveUsers organizational unit (OU).
The User Profile Synchronization service runs on a server named SERVER1.
Business Requirements
The SharePoint environment must meet the following business requirements:
• Ensure that users can connect to the portal by using the same URL
from any location.
• Ensure that users can access corporate information from outside the
network without using a VPN connection.
• Allow users to configure notifications for content changes.
• Allow users to follow content creators.
• Limit the number of sites and people each user can follow to 100.
• Allow content authors to upload documents, large image files, and
large video files for consumption by internal and external users.
• Allow administrators to promote search query results across the
entire company.
• Utilize My Sites to share content.
• Provide opportunities for social interaction.
Technical Requirements
You must meet the following technical requirements for the SharePoint environment:
• Do not exceed the minimum hardware specifications.
• Install the minimum supported versions of all software on the
servers.
• Control the growth of storage utilization.
• Maximize existing content database usage before creating new
content databases.
• Store large files on network attached storage (NAS).
• Ensure that all web applications, site collections, files, databases,
and components stay within the supported limits.
• Configure the User Profile Synchronization service to import user
profile data from Active Directory.
• Grant the User Profile service account the least permissions
necessary to read data.
• Ensure that current and future SharePoint environments include the
most recent software updates.
• Use predefined database naming conventions.
• Create individual user sites by using the
https://contoso.com/personal/path.
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You need to import employee photos into SharePoint user profiles by using the least amount of
administrative effort.
Which three actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose
three.)

A.
Define a mapping for the thumbnailPhoto attribute of the Picture user profile property.

B.
Run the Update-SPUserSolution Windows PowerShell cmdlet.

C.
Run an incremental synchronization of the User Profile Synchronization service.

D.
Run a full synchronization of the User Profile Synchronization service.

E.
Run the Update-SPProfilePhotoStore Windows PowerShell cmdlet.

F.
Define a mapping for the photo attribute of the Picture user profile property.

Explanation:
A: Step 3 below.
D: Step 5 below.
E: Step 6 below.
Note: Importing Images into SharePoint User Profiles My Sites
To make the user images that we have uploaded into the thumbnail Photo attribute in Active
Directory available in SharePoint we will first need to map it to the Picture property in the User
Profile Service Application.
Firstly you will need to go into theUser Profile Service Application.
1. Central Admin > Application Management > Service Applications > Manage Service Applications >
User Profile Service Application
2.Then you will need to go into theManage User Propertiessection and edit thePicture property.
3. Next we will map the Active Directory propertythumbnail Phototo thePictureproperty in
SharePoint
4.Once the mapping has been applied theManage User Propertiespage will look like this.
5.Now we will need to run aFull User Profile Synchronizationjob so that SharePoint can import
theuser images from Active Directory
Synchronization > Start Profile Synchronization > Start Full Synchronization
6. Lastly we will need to force SharePoint to update the User Profile Database – This will create the
thumbnails that are used in My Sites and the User Profile Service.
This will need to be run in the SharePoint PowerShell Console with the appropriate My Site
permissions.

IMPORTING USER PROFILE PICTURES INTO ACTIVE DIRECTORY, EXCHANGE 2010 &
SHAREPOINT 2010 – COMPLETE GUIDE



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Jenny

Jenny

This is correct.