Understanding run profiles and syncing

Hello,
I working on a FIM setup with the following run profiles:
File Ma -full import and delta sync (imports a bunch of users and email addresses from a CSV)
FIM Ma - Export, Delta Import, Delta Sync (Exports update MV changes to portal, imports to confirm the changes and then performs a sync for some reason)
AD Ma - Export and Delta Import
My understanding is that whenever a sync is done, it is done against the connector space and the MV, with each MA doing an import or export to the relevant CDS. What I'm not sure about is why I don't need to perform an AD Ma sync before exporting to
AD. My sync rules have been configured in the portal - would this be the reason?
If I didn't have my AD sync rules configured in the portal and ran everything from the sync service application would I need to do an AD MA sync?
Just trying to get a better understanding....
Thanks

Hi Peter,
Short answer is yes because the trigger to create the person in AD would be based on the synchronization rule and provisioning configuration being in the Portal. In reality its a bit more complex and really depends on how the provisioning is being done in
your environment.
Running a synchronization on the AD MA wouldn't normally result in a person being created in AD, its normally be for finding users in AD that need updating because their data is out of sync or flowing information back into FIM that AD is the authoritative
source for (such as user's objectSID) - there are other reasons but listing them all would take a while. I would recommend adding a synchronization step to your AD MA though to ensure that all the data is in sync.
Based on what you have described I'm assuming the provisioning is using the Set/MPR/Workflow triple in the Portal to create a user in AD - so below is a rundown of what is more than likely what is happening in the background.
1. File MA Import & Delta Sync - Imports the user from the file and synchronizes them into FIM Metaverse. The synchronization step also tells FIM to create them in the FIM Portal on the next export
Breaking up the next one a bit
2a. FIM MA - Export - this creates the user in the FIM Portal.
When the user is created in the Portal your AD Provisioning logic within the Portal gets applied to the user; and adds information telling FIM to create them in AD.
2b. FIM MA - Import - this imports the user from the FIM Portal including the information telling FIM to create them in AD
2c. FIM MA - Delta Sync - this synchronizes the updated information from the Portal into the Metaverse. When this synchronization runs FIM finds that the user needs to be created in AD on the next export
3. AD MA Export & Delta Import - The export creates the user in Active Directory and then the import "confirms" that the user has been created.
There are a few other ways that provisioning can happen but based on your description it sounds like the outline above should be what is happening in your environment.
Hope this helps! But I'd also recommend checking out some of the Technet articles on outbound/inbound synchronization -> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee621259(v=ws.10).aspx
Andrew.

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