SharePoint 2013: User Profile Synchronization Exclusion Filters

While you are performing Authorization for SharePoint sites through Active Directory Domain Services or any other mode, you might need to exclude certain unwanted profiles from being imported during the synchronization. The unwanted profiles might be those that are being disabled, locked, managed accounts, or whose passwords have been expired etc. This can be achieved as below:  

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Step 1: To set the exclusion rules, navigate to Central Administration site à Manage Service Applications.

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Step 2: Click on the User Profile Service Application instance, for which you need to add exclusion rules

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Step 3: Click on manage Synchronization Connection under Synchronization

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Step 4: Choose the connection to which you want to add an exclusion rule and click on Edit Connection Filters

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Step 5: Set the rule by choosing from the options available. For Example: Exclude user profiles belonging to a particular department.  Or exclude User Profiles that have been disabled or locked or whose password has expired etc.

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Step 6: Click on OK and your exclusion will be saved!