To index an attribute in Active Directory

1. Open the Active Directory Schema snap-in.
2. In the console tree, click Attributes.

Where?

• Active Directory Schema
• Attributes
3. In the details pane, right-click the attribute that you want to index, and then click Properties.
4. Click Index this attribute in the Active Directory.

Notes

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• The Active Directory Schema snap-in must be connected to the schema master to perform this procedure. The Active Directory Schema snap-in connects to the schema master by default when it is started.
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• If the Active Directory Schema snap-in is not installed, see Related Topics.
• Indexing an attribute improves the performance of queries run against the attribute.

Related Topics