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Search for and Add Users using the New Claim

You can search for users to add to your SharePoint Policy for web application using the new claim. For example, if you added a claim for the Last Name attribute, you can search for users by entering their last names in the SharePoint people picker.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Start, Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

   The Central Administration home page appears.

2. Click Manage web applications, in the Application Management section.

   The Web Applications Management page appears with a list of available web applications.

3. Click the web application name for which you want to add users.

   The buttons on the ribbon become available.

4. Click User Policy on the ribbon.

   The Policy for Web Application dialog appears.

5. Click Add Users.

   The Select Zone dialog appears.

6. Verify that the Zone you want appears in the drop-down list, and then Click Next.

   The Add Users dialog appears.

7. Click the Browse button, in the Choose Users section, below the Users text box.

   The Select People and Groups – Webpage Dialog appears.

8. Enter a value that corresponds to the new claim. For example, if your new claim is Last Name, enter the last name of a user.

   The right pane displays the search results with a list of users whose attributes match the value on which you searched.

9. Select the user and click Add.

   The selected user is added.

10. (Optional) Repeat steps 8 and 9 to select additional users.
11. Click OK.

    The Add Users dialog appears and displays the selected user.

12. Under Choose Permissions, click the permissions that you want to grant to the users.
13. Click Finish.

    The selected users and permissions are added.