Changing Automatic DisplayName creation in ADUC

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I needed to change the way the DisplayName is automatically formatted in ADUC for a customer and was shocked to know they did not know of the createDialog propery in the CN=409 under DisplaySpecifier(s) in the Configuration partition. Below is a extract from the KB that shows you how to do this. You can change the automatic DisplayName creation to use a combination of the following attribtues:

  1. givenName
  2. sn
  3. initials

Have Fun Carlos Magalhaes Start Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and then add the ADSI Edit snap-in.

  •  Right-click the top node, and then click Connect to.
  • Change the Naming Context to "Configuration Container," and then click OK to bind and authenticate.
  • Expand the Configuration Container node, and then expand the Configuration node.
  • Expand the cn=DisplaySpecifiers node, and then double-click CN=409.

Note: 409 is the Locale ID for U.S. English. If you are in a multi-lingual environment, you may need to make changes to the other codes. Most of the Asian codes are already set.

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  • In the right-hand pane, open the properties for "CN=user-Display".
  • Scroll to the createDialog optional property.
  • Set the attribute to %<sn>.%<givenName>. Make sure that you click Set.

Note: The only tokens that can be formatted in the dislayName are %<sn>, %<givenName>, and %<initials>.

  • Click OK to close the dialog box.