Manage the Active Directory Domain Services Schema : Index Attributes, Remove Attributes from the Index

7/24/2012 5:32:54 PM

Scenario/Problem: You have an application that queries users who have a specific value in an attribute. You need to optimize the queries.

Solution: Index the attribute by using the Active Directory Schema snap-in.

To index an attribute, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and click Active Directory Schema.
3.	In the console tree, expand Active Directory Schema and then click Attributes.
4.	In the details pane, right-click the attribute you want to index and click Properties.
5.	On the attribute properties page, select the check box next to Index this attribute, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Indexing an attribute.
6.	Click OK to save the changes.

Scenario/Problem: You previously indexed an attribute so that queries responded more quickly; however, this is no longer required.

Solution: Remove the attribute from the index by using the Active Directory Schema snap-in.

To remove an attribute from the index, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and click Active Directory Schema.
3.	In the console tree, expand Active Directory Schema and then click Attributes.
4.	In the details pane, right-click the attribute you want to remove from the index and click Properties.
5.	On the attribute properties page, deselect the check box next to Index this attribute, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Removing an attribute from the index.
6.	Click OK to save the changes.

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