Email address and user name being the same

[BobSchleicher]

I was thinking about changing all of our user names to their email address. I have spoke to some people and they say that it's no big deal and then others say you shouldn't have their username and email address be the same.

Any one have any opinions on this?

We run windows 2003 servers with exchange, incase you need more information.

Thanks,

BobSchleicher

 

[reynolwi]

when i created all my users i used the recommended exchange alias which was their upn for active directory. when i created them i made the user logon name and the pre-windows 2000 user logon name the same, and when i created the mailbox as i created the user it chose the user logon name as the exchange alias.

so all my users logon as say john.doe and their email address is also john.doe@company.com

I left it like that so that on outlook web access they can use their email address to login instead of having to use the domain/username.

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[djtech2k]

Yes. Please keep in mind that there is a sAMAccountName(pre-windows 2000 name) and the userPrincipalName(logon name). The UPN alwyas nativel gets formatted like an email ie you@yourdomain.com. So, if you are searching or wanting to use that format, you do not need to do it intentionally in the sAMAccountName. The UPN is always searchable.

I would recommend not changing the sAMAccountName because there is really no need.

 

[monsterjta]

UPN is just another attribute to an account in AD. This attribute can be WHATEVER you want it to be. Call it poop. The user will login with poop as a username.

I use UPN's here. Main reason being, is we're a hosting company and I don't want my customers seeing domain names while logging in. Of course, for this there is an extra step of modifying a registry key.

Hope This Helps,

Good Luck!