SharePoint AD Information Sync provides a short-cut to synchronize Active Directory information to SharePoint Lists based on profile synchronization. SharePoint users are empowered to customize the Active Directory sync process by configuring Sync Profiles. The AD information that needs to be synchronized can be specified by Organizational Unit (OU) and LDAP query string. Specific items with common names can be excluded when configuring the AD sync settings. SharePoint Info Sync also has the capacity to allow for column mapping between AD fields and SharePoint list items. AD sync can be performed manually and automatically as long as a schedule has been set beforehand.