Modifying the Default Display Name

Modifying the Default Display Name

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to modify the default display name when you create a user in Active Directory Users and Computers.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to modify the default display name when you create a user in Active Directory Users and Computers:
Set-ADObject 'CN=user-Display,CN=409,CN=DisplaySpecifiers,CN=Configuration,DC=NORTHWIND,DC=COM' -Partition 'CN=Configuration,DC=NORTHWIND,DC=COM' -Replace @{CreateDialog="%<sn>, %<givenName>"}

Additional information

You can use the following parameters when you set many of the common values that are associated with Active Directory objects:

• -Description
  
• -DisplayName
  
• -ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion
  

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Set-ADObject, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Set-ADObject –detailed, and then press ENTER.