What are the Active Directory Display Names rules?

By | 2006-09-25

On a user object, display name is normally the user’s first name followed by their last name, but it can be set to any string.

The rules for display names are:

– Local display names must be unique on a workstation.

– Display names must be unique throughout a domain.

– Display names may not exceed 64 characters.

– Display names can contain alphanumeric characters and special characters.

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