Normally, You can see the Active Directory properties of the user object through ADUC interface, it displays categorized general and profile information in every Tab and also you can see its equivalent attribute name and values in Attributes tab. But most of the time we couldn’t not remember the equivalent attribute name of a Display name. Here, I have listed the Active Directory Attributes with its Display name.
General Tab
| Friendly Name | Attribute Name |
| First Name | givenName |
| Initials | initials |
| Last Name | sn |
| Display Name | displayName |
| Description | description |
| Office | physicalDeliveryOfficeName |
| Telephone Number | telephoneNumber |
| Phone Number(Others) | otherTelephone |
| Web Page | wWWHomePage |
| Web Page Address(Others) | url |
Address Tab
| Friendly Name | Attribute Name |
| Street | streetAddress |
| PO Box | postOfficeBox |
| City | l |
| State/province | st |
| Zip/Postal Code | postalCode |
| Country/region | c,co,countryCode(depends on three attributes) |
Account Tab
| Friendly Name | Attribute Name |
| User Logon Name | userPrincipalName |
| User Logon Name (Pre-Windows 2000) | sAMAccountName |
| Logon Hours | logonHours |
| Log On To | userWorkstations |
| Account Options: User must change password at next logon |
pwdLastSet (Checking this option will makes pwdLastSet attribute value to 0 (never) to force user to give password at next logon) |
| Account Options: User cannot change password |
ntsecuritydescriptor (Checking this option will remove the Change Password permission for Everyone account and add the Deny entry of Change Password permission for Everyone account) |
| Account Options: Password never expires | userAccountControl (Checking this option will set userAccountControl flag -DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWORD; Hex:0x10000; Dec:65536) |
| Account Options: Account is disabled |
userAccountControl (Checking this option will set userAccountControl flag -ACCOUNTDISABLE; Hex:0x0001;Dec:1) |
| Account Expires | accountExpires |
Profile Tab
| Friendly Name | Attribute Name |
| Profile path | profilePath |
| Logon script | scriptPath |
| Local path | homeDirectory |
| Connect | homeDrive,homeDirectory |
Telephones Tab
| Friendly Name | Attribute Name |
| Home | homePhone |
| Home Phone Number (Others) | otherHomePhone |
| Pager | pager |
| Pager Number (Others) | otherPager |
| Mobile | mobile |
| Mobile Number (Others) | otherMobile |
| Fax | facsimileTelephoneNumber |
| Fax Number (Others) | otherFacsimile |
| IP Phone | ipPhone |
| IP Phone Number (Others) | otherIpPhone |
| Notes | info |
Organization Tab
| Friendly Name | Attribute Name |
| Job Title | title |
| Department | department |
| Company | company |
| Manager | manager (Contains the DN of account who is currently managing this account) |
| Direct Reports | directReports (Contains the DN values of users who are currently managed by this account) |
Thanks,
Morgan
Software Developer
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