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Hi folks!<br />
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Adding a batch of users to our Windows Server 2003-based Active Directory domain using dsadd. When I add the users, I am specifying a display name with the &quot;-display&quot; switch. However, when I pull up the list of users via Active Directory Users and Computers, in the &quot;Name&quot; column it shows the login name rather than the display name (e.g. jsmith instead of John Smith). If I open up the account properties, the display name I specified is listed, though.<br />
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So, when adding users via dsadd, how can I get it to show their full name in the AD Users and Computers window instead of the user name?<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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- Ithizar
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Hi folks!

Adding a batch of users to our Windows Server 2003-based Active Directory domain using dsadd. When I add the users, I am specifying a display name with the "-display" switch. However, when I pull up the list of users via Active Directory Users and Computers, in the "Name" column it shows the login name rather than the display name (e.g. jsmith instead of John Smith). If I open up the account properties, the display name I specified is listed, though.

So, when adding users via dsadd, how can I get it to show their full name in the AD Users and Computers window instead of the user name?

Thanks!

- Ithizar

Changing Displayed Name via DSADD

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

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