Duplicate External Users in Hyperion Shared Services 11.1.2

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone had the same similar issue with Hyperion 11.1.2 Shared Services while configuring with MSAD. When i configure shared services with MSAD and create a group in Native Directory and add users to the group i see a duplicate user is getting created.
For Eg: Adding xxx user to group abc after save and right click on the native group and properties ans select users tab i see two users listed.
xxx ( which was added by me)
xxx$(which created by itself).
Opened up SR regarding this i havent found any luck wondering if anyone could help me out with this.
MSAD User configurations:
Login Attribute: sAMAccountname
First Name Attribute: givenName
Last Name Attribute:cn
Email Attribute:mail
Object Class: person
organizationalPerson
user

Hello,
Please confirm you only have one MSAD provider setup in Shared Services?
Regards,
John A. Booth
http://www.metavero.com

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