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Anonymous
Jan 03, 2017

Renaming AD Account

We are running Federated domain setup with AD accounts on on-premise and synchronizing using AAD.   There is an ask to rename AD Account or UPN.   Can some one please let me know what will be the...
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Vinay Shekhar
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Nov 16, 2017

Hi Ivan,

 

Needed a small help –

Customer has Sharepoint Onpremise, Skype for Business onprem and Exchange Onprem.

SAMAccountName : Contoso\JohnDoe

UPN : JohnDoe@contoso.com

 

They now plan to move to office 365. However before moving to Office 365, they want to change the SAMAccountName as follows-

New SAMAccountName : Contoso\A123134

UPN: JohnDoe@contoso.com

 

Queries-

  • Will their existing on-premise AD profile change when they login to the laptops after this SAMAccountName change?
  • Any impact on their on-premise applications such as Exch, Sharepoint or SfB?
  • Any impact on implementing an Exchange / Sharepoint migration if the SAMAccountName and UPN’s are different?

 

  

Appreciate any insights.

 

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NunoAriasSilva
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Nov 16, 2017

Hi Vinay,

 

You can change the SAMAccountName without any problems to Windows profile.

 

When you change the user need to login with the new one in PC, Exchange, etc.

 

Create a test environment:

  • Create a new user with an SAMAccountName
  • Configure a PC with all applications and then do a logoff 
  • Change the SAMAccountName
  • Logon in the PC with new one

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