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User Directory Web Part - Release 1.3 - from Bamboo Solutions
What Does It Do?
The User Directory Web Part provides an easy to use, SharePoint-based, self-service directory that allows users to maintain user information in the SharePoint user profile database or Active Directory. View your user organization in a user-friendly tree view by organizational chart or alphabetical order by last name. Users can view all profiles but can only edit their own depending on permissions set up for the type of directory service selected. With the ability to view, search and print user profile information (such as resume or skill set), your directory services now provide value to your users as well as your entire company.
| User Directory Web Part vs. SharePoint Out-of-the-Box Functionality |
SPS 2003, WSS 2.0 |
MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0 |
User Directory |
| View SharePoint and/or Active Directory users in a tree view structure |  |
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| View and edit both Active Directory and SharePoint User Profile databases | |
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| Maintain and delegate security for profile updating to department level | |
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| Search for users by name or other metadata such as skill set, or user customized fields | |
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| Audit trail of changes to Active Directory | |
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| Maintain restriction on private and non-editable attributes | |
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| AJAX Web Part eliminates annoying post backs and enhances usability | |
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| Email notification when changes are made to profile database | |
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 Includes partial support for this feature. Custom coding may be required. |
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How Does It Work?
You can configure which user directory you want to use, SharePoint Portal Server or Active Directory, along with their respective access accounts. Then indicate the user site groups who have permission to edit their own accounts (Guest, Web Designer, Contributor, etc). If you have selected Active Directory, then you must also indicate from which organization unit you would like to begin displaying your users in the tree view of the User Directory Web Part. Then select the user attributes that you would like users to be able to search by. The available attributes are determined by the directory service you have selected. After the Web Part is configured, you can display users by organization chart (OrgChart) or Alphabetical (by last name). You can also perform an advanced search for users using the fields you configured in the Web Part properties.
Why Did We Build It?
Microsoft SharePoint is a platform for building and deploying collaborative solutions. It is a centralized portal that tracks content and documents as well as users, audiences and teams. One of the major challenges for the IT administrator is managing multiple directory services that co-exist within the corporate network. SharePoint has attempted to address some of these issues through Single Sign On Service and Active Directory import, to name a few, but users are still expected to use the SharePoint user profile database.
