how change displayname in sharepoint 2013

Question

hi
i want to change the Employee 's display name in sharepoint 2013

I want the display name to be registered in the following format when they register their leave :

display name - Personnel Code

how can i do it?

Answer 1

You could completely modify the user's Display Name(first name and last name) through AD, but you have to resynchronize the User Profile in the SharePoint Central Admin.

Follow these steps:

1.Go to SharePoint CA >> click Manage service applications >> click User Profile Service Application
2.On the Manage Profile Service page, click Start Profile Synchronization >> choose the “Start Full Synchronization” option
3.On the Manage Profile Service page, click Configure Synchronization Timer Job >> click “Run Now” button
4.On the Job Definitions page, find and click “User Profile Service Application – User Profile to SharePoint Full Synchronization” >> click “Run Now” button

You could go to the Manage User Profile page to check resync whether successfully.

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Answer 2

In SharePoint 2013, you could change a user Display Name with PowerShell. Run SharePoint 2013 Management Shell as administrator:

Set-SPUser -Identity ‘accountname’ -DisplayName ‘newdisplayname’ –Web https://domain/sites/name  

For Example:

Set-SPUser -Identity ‘i:0#.w|contoso\administrator’ -DisplayName ‘user-0014’ –Web http://sp/sites/test1   

Note: the prefix used in your environment may be different e.g.
Claims based Authentication prefix i:0#.w|
Forms Based Authentication prefix i:0#.f |

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Answer 3

hi

can i do it in active directory?

i changed the first name and last name in active directory but when log in the share point sit It had not changed and

not updated

pls help me