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Change How Directory Attributes Appear in the SharePoint People Picker

You can customize how certain directory attributes from your SiteMinder user directories appear in the SharePoint people picker.

Change how directory attributes appear in the SharePoint people picker

1. Click Start, All Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

   The management shell command line window opens.

2. Navigate to the following directory:

   C:\Program Files\CA\SharePointClaimsProvider\scripts
   

3. Enter the .\Set-SMClaimProviderConfiguration.ps1 command with one of the following options:

   -UserNameFormat

   Specifies how the user names for which you search appear in the SharePoint people picker. Use one of the following options:

   ValueOnly

   Displays only the value of the identifier claim attribute in your directory server associated with the user. For example, if your uid is user_number, then only user_number appears in your search results.

   Example: user_0001

   DisplaynameOnly

   Displays only the name of the user, using the format specified in your SiteMinder directory.

   Example: last_name_of_user, first_name_of_user

   DisplaynameAppended

   Displays the name of the user, and the value of the identifier claim attribute in your directory server associated with the user.

   Example: user_0001 (last_name_of_user, first_name_of_user)

   -GroupNameFormat

   Specifies how the group names for which you search appear in the SharePoint people picker. Use one of the following options:

   ValueOnly

   Displays only the domain name (DN) value of the group claim attribute in your directory server associated with the user.

   Example: OU=group_0001, DC=example, DC=COM

   DisplaynameOnly

   Displays only the name of the group, using the format specified in your SiteMinder directory.

   Example: group_name

   DisplaynameAppended

   Displays the name of the group, and the value of the group claim attribute in your directory server associated with the user.

   Example: group_name OU=group_0001, DC=example, DC=COM

   The appearance of the directory attributes is changed.