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2.1.3.4.1 Core Service

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The core User Profile Service describes the set of protocols that enable an implementer to access and modify the data and metadata stored in the service. The User Profile Service Web Service (described in [MS-USPSWS]) allows data operations such as creating, reading, updating, or deleting user profiles. In addition, user profiles can be searched by identifier such as name, e-mail address, or alias.

The User Profile Service databases store and manage user information.

When accessing data from the user profile database, the use of the User Profile Service Web Service Protocol [MS-USPSWS] is recommended.

The key pieces of data stored in the User Profile Service database are the following:

  • Properties

  • Organizations

  • Profiles

  • Multiple values

  • Term Sets (Vocabularies)

  • Colleagues

  • Memberships

  • Profile change log

  • Social data