1. User Profile Service Application
   1. User Profiles
      1. Overview
         1. keep track of important information about users
         2. ADSI edit
         3. customization
         4. target info to users
         5. searchable
         6. AD or other profile
      2. Profile Properties
         1. picture, responsibilities, skills, email,...
         2. customize
         3. Can use MMS
      3. Data Connections
         1. synchronize: full or incremental
         2. different sources: ADDS, LDAP stores
         3. Primary source: no additional data connections
         4. Secondary source
            1. add conn to primary
            2. typically with bcs to lob
            3. complement the info from the primary
      4. Editing Profile Data
         1. stored in a sp profile db as a replica of the source data
         2. profile may be edited, based on policy level settings
         3. properties have view security
            1. only me, my manager, my workgroup, my colleagues, everyone
      5. Audiences
         1. grouping users based on user profile properties
         2. target content to specific groups of users
            1. up to list item level
         3. audience must be compiled before content can be targeted
      6. User Profile Synchronization
         1. AD
            1. replicate directory changes permission
            2. Netbios name! different from domain name
            3. replicate dir changes also on the cn=configuration container
            4. read/write permissions needed when sp needs to write profile data to ADDS
         2. Business Data Connectivity Service
            1. must include finder and specific finder methods
         3. Novell eDirectory 8.7.3
            1. only full sync supported
         4. Sunone 5.2
            1. full and incremental is supported
         5. IBM Tivoli 6.2
            1. full and incremental is supported
         6. SETUP!!!
            1. farm account must be local admin on all sp servers
            2. user profile service application must be created
            3. user profile servcie must be started
            4. user profile service synchr service must be started
            5. new connection must be created
            6. map user profile properties
            7. set up a synchr schedule
         7. Forefront Identity Manager
            1. core engine that drives two way replication between source and user profile imports
            2. policy management
            3. credential management
            4. user management
            5. group management
   2. stores users info in a central location