JohnMantsch
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Active Directory Fields used to login
We are trying to set up a single sign-on solution and I was asked if there is another field we can use in Active Directory for login Authentication. Basically they want a user to be given two different ways they can log into the AD domain. We currently log in with First Initial Last name and the password. They want to also use firstname.lastname. So use either JDOE or John.Doe as the user name for the same account. Is that possible in Active Directory?
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I'll second the "No" answer...it'd be a nice new feature request.
If I can understand your requirement, this is requirement for Microsoft O365 Suite or some thing like that.
What you need to do, just change upper user logon name (UPN) on account tab of user properties in AD to Firstname.Lastname (Which is equal to Email Alias hopefully).
Also you need to specify UPN Suffix that is registered in O365 portal. If its already not there you need to create one through domains and trust.
When user logon to workstation \ network shares, he actually use User logon name (Pre windows 2000) for that.
You can check on client computers the name of his profile folder, you will find it is same as pre windows 2000 logon name
Mahesh
What you need to do, just change upper user logon name (UPN) on account tab of user properties in AD to Firstname.Lastname (Which is equal to Email Alias hopefully).
Also you need to specify UPN Suffix that is registered in O365 portal. If its already not there you need to create one through domains and trust.
When user logon to workstation \ network shares, he actually use User logon name (Pre windows 2000) for that.
You can check on client computers the name of his profile folder, you will find it is same as pre windows 2000 logon name
Mahesh
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Thank you