General tab

Use this tab to specify the type of objects to include in your search. Options vary according to the object type selected in the Find list.

Select the sub-types of the selected object type to include in your search.

The following table lists the options available on the General tab for each object type in the Find list.

Find list option	Objects available for selection
Messaging System Recipients	Users with mailboxes – Includes users with messaging system mailboxes Users with External Email Address – Includes users with email addresses that are external to your organization Contacts with External Email Address – Includes contacts with email addresses that are external to your organization Mail-Enabled Groups – Includes mail-enabled groups Mail-Enabled Folders – Includes mail-enabled folders
Computers	Workstations and Servers – Includes workstations and servers Domain Controllers – Includes domain controllers
Custom	By default, it includes all object options for Messaging System Recipients, Computers, and Users, Contact, and Groups. For this reason, the General tab does not display any option for this object type.
Users, Contacts and Groups	Users – Includes users Contacts – Includes contacts Groups – Includes groups

note

The Computer and Contact object types are not supported in a Microsoft Entra ID identity store.

Preview

Enables you to preview the results returned with the criteria specified on all tabs of the Query Designer dialog box. This is a check to ensure the accuracy of data before changes are committed to the directory.

OK

Saves settings and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

Discards settings and closes the dialog box.

LDAP Query

View the provider query in the LDAP Query box.