i. Give the connection a name ii. Enter the domain controller name as per the prerequisites defined earlier (e.g. type nslookup from a computer on the domain) or enter the forest name (i.e. mydomain.com) and leave it on Auto discover domain controller (I would advise specifying the domain controller as I have had problems with auto-discover mode). iii. Under account name/password use the farm administration account that has replicate directory rights as per the prerequisites defined earlier iv. Press the Populate Containers button, select the containers you want synchronized and press ok. Be careful that the farm administration service account you specified as having replicating directory changes is applicable to the domain containers you select. Ensure that you only select the OU (i.e. SharePoint Users) that you want synched or else it will take a long time to complete the synch. v. Iisreset at this point (might not be needed) m. Next we want to start a full profile synchronization under Central administration Manage  Services on Server User Profile Service Application Start Profile Synchronization   n. At this point, it will do a bunch of stuff in user profile synchronization, a little known fact is that you can actually see the progress via a shell that Microsoft has created located here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Synchronization Service\UIShell\MSIISClient.exe. It has to go through a lot of successful steps before it completes: o. To see that the user profile synchronization actually worked go to Central Administration  Manage Service Applications User Profile Service Application Manage User Profiles   and put your domain in the find box and it should show you a bunch of the user profiles that have been synched p. By default the user profile synchronization occurs every day at 1am but this can be changed under Central Administration Manage Service Applications User Profile Service   Application Configure Synchronization Timer Job 
i. Give the connection a name ii. Enter the domain controller name as per the prerequisites defined earlier (e.g. type nslookup from a computer on the domain) or enter the forest name (i.e. mydomain.com) and leave it on Auto discover domain controller (I would advise specifying the domain controller as I have had problems with auto-discover mode). iii. Under account name/password use the farm administration account that has replicate directory rights as per the prerequisites defined earlier iv. Press the Populate Containers button, select the containers you want synchronized and press ok. Be careful that the farm administration service account you specified as having replicating directory changes is applicable to the domain containers you select. Ensure that you only select the OU (i.e. SharePoint Users) that you want synched or else it will take a long time to complete the synch. v. Iisreset at this point (might not be needed) m. Next we want to start a full profile synchronization under Central administration  Manage Services on Server  User Profile Service Application  Start Profile Synchronization n. At this point, it will do a bunch of stuff in user profile synchronization, a little known fact is that you can actually see the progress via a shell that Microsoft has created located here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Synchronization Service\UIShell\MSIISClient.exe. It has to go through a lot of successful steps before it completes: o. To see that the user profile synchronization actually worked go to Central Administration  Manage Service Applications  User Profile Service Application  Manage User Profiles and put your domain in the find box and it should show you a bunch of the user profiles that have been synched p. By default the user profile synchronization occurs every day at 1am but this can be changed under Central Administration  Manage Service Applications  User Profile Service Application  Configure Synchronization Timer Job