80 Domain User Format Update

We store the user names in our database in domain user name format.

Domain user format. If the current windows user is not in our database the program falls back to our previous code. Domain user is the old logon format called down level logon name. The following table summarizes the parts of a upn.

The reason we don t do this in windows is because it has a domain field on the login box that specifies the domain to which we re logging in. Have an option to not force our users to have to use the domain username format for ad login but rather just user their username only. If it is the program uses that user as the current user and runs.

But in my case i get the usernames from a db in the old domain user format and then have to check their windows role membership. It s an internet style login name that should map to the user email name. When a network has a large population of users on various computers it is difficult to maintain information for every user on each individual computer.

The distinguished name of the user object in the directory and the format used by the local service control manager. What is the best way of creating windowsprincipal from the old style samaccountname username. For more information and a code example that converts from one format to the other see converting domain account name formats.

Someone else will reply with concrete information. Telling me that my domain user name is incorrect. You only need to specify the domain name in either format if you are logging in where there are multiple domains available or using an azure ad.

Otherwise just type the username. Domain users evolved in response to the challenges administrators face when managing large numbers of computers peripherals for example printers network storage services and users. Also known by the names samaccountname and pre windows 2000 logon name.