Removing specific Domain name from People Picker Search

Question

_{Thursday, December 29, 2016 7:54 PM}

Hi,

We have a new domain(Eg: xyz.xxx.com) created in AD and this has not gone live yet.

We have Sharepoint Environments and users starting showing up from xyz.xxx.com via People Picker. I need help to either Hide/Remove specific domain from people picker search.

I have used the following script, but no luck:

$wa = Get-SPWebApplication "http://yyy.com"
$adsearchobj = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPeoplePickerSearchActiveDirectoryDomain
$adsearchobj.DomainName = "xyz.xxx.com"
$wa.PeoplePickerSettings.SearchActiveDirectoryDomains.remove($adsearchobj)
$wa.Update()

Please help me to address the issue. 

Note: I have used the same script for adding new domains and it worked in those scenarios but am unable to remove specific domain from People Picker Search

Many thanks

Venkat

Venkatesan Nadimuthu

All replies (1)

_{Friday, December 30, 2016 9:03 AM}

Hi Venkatesan Nadimuthu,

There is a workaround.

You could apply custom filters to people picker by STSADM command to filter people only from some domains. For more detailed information, you could refer to the article below.

Apply Filters to People Picker in SharePoint - E.g. Don't show User Accounts with No E-mail.

http://www.sharepointdiary.com/2012/04/people-picker-filter-in-sharepoint.html

More reference:

Restrict People Picker to a certain group in Active Directory.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg602075(v=office.14).aspx#section5

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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