![]() ![]() When these users were setup the profile paths and home drive paths were all set ‘on mass’, by selecting multiple users and setting the path to \\server-name\folder-name\%username% and it fills in all the ‘ usernames‘ with the sAMAccountName and that has not changed. It remains the same after the User Logon Name changes. The profile and home drive path of this user’s is set on the ‘profile’ tab of their user object. Put simply it does not! To prove it I did some testing. ![]() How Does Changing a User Logon Name Affect Profile and Home Drive Paths? Using the same user as above, I’ve changed the ‘User Logon Name’, and added the new UPN Suffix to test. Administrative Tools > Active Directory Domains and Trusts > Right Click ‘Active Directory Domains and Trusts’ > Properties > Add the new Suffix >Apply > OK.įrom this point forward you can add that as a new suffix for any/all users. What would happen if I changed their user logon names? Would they have to use a different logon name? Would their profile break? Or worse still, would they all lose their roaming profiles? Solution Adding A New UPN Suffixīefore you can add a new UPN suffix you need to make it available in the domain. ![]() But they had the added problem that some of their User Logon Names had spaces in them, they were in first-namelast-name format. ![]() There is some confusion about the User Login Name though.Ī few weeks ago I had a client that needed this done, (for an office 365 migration). Changing a users UPN suffix is easy (as long as it’s been added – see below). ![]()
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