diff --git a/src/views/users.html b/src/views/users.html
index b3ad2f824..69049e5ee 100644
--- a/src/views/users.html
+++ b/src/views/users.html
@@ -472,21 +472,86 @@
   <div class="card card-large">
     <div class="row">
       <div class="col-md-12">
-        <p>Cloudron will authenticate users against the configured LDAP server.</p>
-        <p>LDAP authentication is currently <b>{{ externalLdap.provider === 'noop' ? 'disabled' : 'enabled' }}.</p>
+        Cloudron will authenticate users against the configured LDAP server.
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <br/>
 
-        <br/>
+    <div class="row">
+      <div class="col-xs-6">
+        <span class="text-muted">Provider</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
+        <span>{{ externalLdap.provider }}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
 
-        <button class="btn btn-primary pull-right" ng-click="externalLdap.show()">Configure</button>
-        <button class="btn btn-success pull-right" ng-disabled="externalLdap.provider === 'noop'" ng-click="externalLdap.sync()"><i class="fa fa-circle-notch fa-spin" ng-show="externalLdap.syncBusy"></i> Synchronize</button>
-        <a class="btn btn-primary pull-right" ng-show="externalLdap.taskId" ng-href="/logs.html?taskId={{ externalLdap.taskId }}" target="_blank">Show Logs</a>
+    <div class="row" ng-show="externalLdap.provider !== 'noop'">
+      <div class="col-xs-6">
+        <span class="text-muted">Server URL</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
+        <span>{{ externalLdap.url }}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="row" ng-show="externalLdap.provider !== 'noop'">
+      <div class="col-xs-6">
+        <span class="text-muted">Base DN</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
+        <span>{{ externalLdap.baseDn }}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="row" ng-show="externalLdap.provider !== 'noop'">
+      <div class="col-xs-6">
+        <span class="text-muted">Filter</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
+        <span>{{ externalLdap.filter }}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="row" ng-show="externalLdap.provider !== 'noop'">
+      <div class="col-xs-6">
+        <span class="text-muted">Username Field</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
+        <span>{{ externalLdap.usernameField || 'uid' }}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="row" ng-show="externalLdap.provider !== 'noop'">
+      <div class="col-xs-6">
+        <span class="text-muted">Auth</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
+        <span>{{ externalLdap.bindDn ? 'Yes' : 'No' }}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="row">
+      <br/>
+      <div class="col-md-12" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">
+        <div ng-show="externalLdap.busy" class="progress progress-striped active animateMe">
+          <div class="progress-bar progress-bar-success" role="progressbar" style="width: {{ externalLdap.percent }}%"></div>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="row">
       <div class="col-md-6">
+        <p ng-show="externalLdap.busy">{{ externalLdap.message }}</p>
+        <p ng-hide="externalLdap.busy">
+          <div class="has-error" ng-show="!externalLdap.active">{{ externalLdap.errorMessage }}</div>
+        </p>
       </div>
-      <div class="col-md-6">
+
+      <div class="col-md-6 text-right">
+        <button class="btn btn-primary pull-right" ng-click="externalLdap.show()">Configure</button>
+        <button class="btn btn-success pull-right" ng-disabled="externalLdap.provider === 'noop'" ng-click="externalLdap.sync()"><i class="fa fa-circle-notch fa-spin" ng-show="externalLdap.busy"></i> Synchronize</button>
+        <a class="btn btn-primary pull-right" ng-show="externalLdap.taskId" ng-href="/logs.html?taskId={{ externalLdap.taskId }}" target="_blank">Show Logs</a>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/views/users.js b/src/views/users.js
index dac1c0144..6668933e8 100644
--- a/src/views/users.js
+++ b/src/views/users.js
@@ -433,8 +433,10 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('UsersController', ['$scope', '$locatio
 
     $scope.externalLdap = {
         busy: false,
+        percent: 0,
+        message: '',
+        errorMessage: '',
         error: {},
-        syncBusy: false,
         taskId: 0,
 
         // fields
@@ -446,30 +448,49 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('UsersController', ['$scope', '$locatio
         bindPassword: '',
         usernameField: '',
 
+        checkStatus: function () {
+            Client.getLatestTaskByType('syncExternalLdap', function (error, task) {
+                if (error) return console.error(error);
+
+                if (!task) return;
+
+                $scope.externalLdap.taskId = task.id;
+                $scope.externalLdap.updateStatus();
+            });
+        },
+
         sync: function () {
-            $scope.externalLdap.syncBusy = true;
+            $scope.externalLdap.busy = true;
 
             Client.startExternalLdapSync(function (error, taskId) {
                 if (error) {
-                    $scope.externalLdap.syncBusy = false;
+                    $scope.externalLdap.busy = false;
                     console.error('Unable to start ldap syncer task.', error);
                     return;
                 }
 
                 $scope.externalLdap.taskId = taskId;
+                $scope.externalLdap.updateStatus();
+            });
+        },
 
-                function refreshTaskStatus() {
-                    Client.getTask(taskId, function (error, result) {
-                        if (error) console.error(error);
-                        if (result && result.active) return $timeout(refreshTaskStatus, 2000);
+        updateStatus: function () {
+            Client.getTask($scope.externalLdap.taskId, function (error, data) {
+                if (error) return window.setTimeout($scope.externalLdap.updateStatus, 5000);
 
-                        $scope.externalLdap.syncBusy = false;
+                if (!data.active) {
+                    $scope.externalLdap.busy = false;
+                    $scope.externalLdap.message = '';
+                    $scope.externalLdap.percent = 100; // indicates that 'result' is valid
+                    $scope.externalLdap.errorMessage = data.success ? '' : data.error.message;
 
-                        refreshUsers();
-                    });
+                    return refreshUsers();
                 }
 
-                refreshTaskStatus();
+                $scope.externalLdap.busy = true;
+                $scope.externalLdap.percent = data.percent;
+                $scope.externalLdap.message = data.message;
+                window.setTimeout($scope.externalLdap.updateStatus, 3000);
             });
         },