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UPN vs. SAM account names

hello, i'm wondering if there is a downside to using the UPN vs. the SAM account names in AD. SAM (or pre-2000) login has a 20 character limit, which becomes problematic in my environment. is the SAM account name ever going to go away, as the name suggests, pre-2000 rarely exists these days.

also, i was wondering if there was a %_% shortcut for the UPN - when you use %username% it pulls the SAM, i'd like to use that notation to pull in the UPN.

thanks!

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10/6/2011

No downside if you need to exceed the limit. I doubt samaccountname will every go away. I think when Windows 2000 initially came out there was a hope that the UPN would take off as the default login name but really it hasn't. Not sure why that never happened.

I haven't tested %userprinciapalname%...not sure on that one.

Thanks

Mike

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no go on the %userprincipalname%... anyone know where i can find a list of the %_% variables?

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Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

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