Who is this article for?

OnePlace Administrators.

Farm or General Administration access is required.

This guide commences the explores creating & starting synchronisation connection, providing step-by-step instructions for administrators to create and start synchronisation connection.

1. Creating a Synchronisation Connection
2. Start Synchronisation

1. Creating a Synchronisation Connection

• To synchronise Site Mailboxes between Exchange and SharePoint you must have at least one synchronisation connection to the Active Directory.
• You must be a farm administrator or an administrator of the User Profile Service Application to perform these procedures.
• You must be a member of the Administrators group on the computer that is running SharePoint Server.
• Verify synchronisation connection exists or create a new one.

1. Central Administration – Application Management – Manage service applications:

2. Click on the User Profile Service Application:

3. Click Configure Synchronisation Connections:

4. Click “Create New Connection”; provide a connection name, forest name, account name and password. Leave the Port number and “Use SSL-secured connection” as default.

Note: For more information please refer to the Technet Article and contact your Active Directory Administrator.

5. Click “Populate containers”:

6. Expand the node, select “Users” and click “OK”:

2. Start Synchronisation

1. Central Administration – Application Management – Manage service applications:

2. Click on the User Profile Service Application:

3. Click “Start Profile Synchronisation”:

4. Select “Start Full Synchronisation” and click “OK”.
5. Refresh the page and verify Synchronisation Status section changes from Idle to Synchronising and then to Idle again:

6. Synchronisation in process:

7. Synchronisation finished:

Tip: Ready to move onto the next stage of setting up the environment for SharePoint Site Mailboxes? See Creating & Starting App Management Service Application for more information.