Why does my Entra Domain Services user have a 'strange' User SamAccountName

Question

I created a user in my Azure Entra ID tenant, which then was synchronized to our Entra Domain Services.

I would like to know why this user's User SamAccountName is different from what I would expect ?

Answer 1

Hi @Greg Bonk ,

This value is generated by Active Directory automatically if the SamAccountName is not specified on creation. For example, if you used a PowerShell script to create the users, Active Directory generates the SamAccountName.

You can change it to any unique value you need. To avoid such situations, you can specify the required value upon creation. Note that Active Directory does not allow you to have more than one user with the same full name within a domain.

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