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I have SharePoint on prem environment. I want to understand difference between user profile active directory import job and user profile full sync. Are these same? As I have created new property mapping and once AD import job runs, I cannot see values to new property in user profile. But when I run full sync from central admin , I can see values to property.

I ran AD import job but no output. If I run user profile full sync I can see values

Prajakta Patil
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They are not same.

Active Directory Import is an one-way import, it imports data form AD to CA, but you can't export values from CA to AD.

SharePoint Profile Synchronization is a two-way sync, it imports data form AD to CA (values always same as AD), and exports values from CA to AD (values always same as user profile in CA).

Emily Du - MSFT
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  • If 2 way then don't understand the usage. Like import to CA and write back to AD again. It's either of the 2 at a time if I am not mistaken. – Prajakta Patil Jul 06 '23 at 06:34