accountExpires 

String 

The date when the user’s account expires. 

AccountLocked 

Boolean 

Whether or not an account is locked out. Cannot be set to true; only the Windows system can set to true. 

accountNameHistory 

String 

The length of time that the account has been active. Read-only. 

aCSPolicyName 

String 

String name of an ACS policy that applies to this user. 

adminCount 

String 

Indicates that a given object has had its ACLs changed to a more secure value by the system because it was a member of one of the administrative groups (directly or transitively). Set by system. Read-only. 

adminDescription 

String 

The description displayed on admin screens. 

adminDisplayName 

String 

The name to be displayed on admin screens. 

altSecurityIdentities 

String 

Contains mappings for X.509 certificates or external Kerberos user accounts to this user for the purpose of authentication.

assistant 

String 

The distinguished name of a user’s administrative assistant. 

badPasswordTime 

String 

The last time the user tried to log on to the account using an incorrect password. 

badPwdCnt 

String 

Read-only. Number of login attempts with incorrect password. The value may only be for those logins that failed at the domain controller that is being queried. 

businessCategory 

String 

Describes the kind of business performed by an organization. 

c 

String 

The two-character country code in the address of the user. 

cn 

String 

Common Name. This attribute is set from the CN value in the DN. Read-only. 

co 

String 

Text-Country (country name) 

company 

String 

The user’s company name. 

codePage 

Int 

Specifies the code page for the user’s language of choice. 

countryCode 

String 

Specifies the country code for the user’s language of choice. 

Database 

String 

This attribute is required if the value of RecipientType is UserMailbox. It is not displayed by default. You must add it to manage Exchange 2007 accounts. 

The full database path, in the format Server\Storage\Database.

defaultClassStore 

String 

The default Class Store for a given user. 

department 

String 

Contains the name for the department in which the user works. 

description 

String 

Contains the description to display for an object. This value is treated as single-valued by the system. 

desktopProfile 

String 

The location of the desktop profile for a user or group of users. 

destinationIndicator 

String 

Not used by Active Directory. 

displayName 

String 

The name displayed in the address book for a particular user. This is usually the combination of the user’s first name, middle initial, and last name. 

displayNamePrintable 

String 

Printable version of the displayName. 

distinguishedName 

String 

Cannot be set directly. Read only. Set the DN on create using the DN template or the accountId account attribute. 

division 

String 

The user’s division. 

dynamicLDAPServer 

String 

DNS name of server handing dynamic properties for this account. 

employeeID 

String 

The ID of an employee. 

extensionName 

String 

The name of a property page used to extend the UI of a directory object. 

ExternalEmailAddress 

String 

This attribute is required if the value of RecipientType is MailUser. It is not displayed by default. You must add it to manage Exchange 2007 accounts. 

A email address that is unique in the Exchange server and in the form User@Domain.

facsimileTelephoneNumber 

String 

Contains telephone number of the user’s business fax machine. 

flags 

Int 

To be used by the object to store bit information. 

garbageCollPeriod 

Int 

This attribute is located on the CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,... object. It represents the period in hours between DS garbage collection runs. 

generationQualifier 

String 

Indicates a person’s generation; for example, Jr. or II. 

givenName 

String 

Contains the given name (first name) of the user. 

groupPriority 

String 

Not used 

groups 

String 

Windows security and distribution groups 

groupsToIgnore 

String 

Not used 

homeDirectory 

String 

The user’s home directory. If homeDrive is set and specifies a drive letter, homeDirectory should be a UNC path. The path must be a network UNC path of the form \\server\share\directory. This value can be a null string. 

The user’s home directory will be created if: 

• The value is a UNC path that is not a share name (it specifies a directory on a share)

• Any and all parent directories exist

• The Create Home Directory resource attribute is set to 1

• The user that the gateway service is running as must have permission to create the directory

  The user will be given Full Control of the created directory.

homeDrive 

String 

The drive letter (including the colon) that the home directory should be mapped to (for example, “Z:”). It should be specified only if homeDirectory is a UNC path. 

homeMDB 

String 

The distinguished name of the message database (MDB) for this mailbox. It has a format similar to CN=Mailbox Store (SERVERNAME),CN=First Storage Group, CN=InformationStore, CN=SERVERNAME,CN=Servers, CN=First Administrative Group, CN=Administrative Groups, CN=EXCHANGE ORG, CN=Microsoft Exchange, CN=Services, CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN, DC=YOURCOMPANY,DC=com’

homeMTA 

String 

Points to the message transfer agent (MTA) that services this object. It has a format similar to CN=Microsoft MTA, CN=SERVERNAME, CN=Servers, CN=First Administrative Group, CN=Administrative Groups, CN=EXCHANGE ORG, CN=Microsoft Exchange, CN=Services, CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN, DC=YOURCOMPANY,DC=com

homePhone 

String 

The user’s main home phone number. 

homePostalAddress 

String 

A user’s home address. 

info 

String 

The user’s comments. This string can be a null string. 

initials 

String 

Contains the initials for parts of the user’s full name. 

internationalISDNNumber 

String 

Specifies an International ISDN number associated with an object. 

ipPhone 

String 

The TCP/IP address for the phone. Used by Telephony. 

jpegPhoto 

Binary 

An image of the user. (Requires Windows 2003 Server or higher) 

l 

String 

Contains the locality, such as the town or city, in the user’s address. 

lastLogon 

String 

The last time the user logged on at a DC. 

lastLogonTimestamp 

String 

The time that the user last logged into the domain. This value is only updated when the user logs in if a week has passed since the last update. 

lastLogoff 

String 

The last time the user logged off. 

legacyExchangeDN 

String 

The distinguished name previously used by Exchange. 

localeID 

Int 

This attribute contains a list of locale IDs supported by this application. A locale ID represents a geographic location like France. 

lockoutTime 

String 

The number of minutes to wait before resetting the invalid logon count. 

logonCount 

Int 

The number of successful times the user tried to log on to this account. This property is maintained separately on each domain controller in the domain. 

mail 

String 

One or more email addresses. 

mailNickName 

String 

Exchange nickname. 

managedObjects 

String 

Contains the list of objects that are managed by the user.Set by the system. Read only. 

manager 

String 

Directory name of the user’s manager. 

maxStorage 

String 

The maximum amount of disk space the user can use. 

mDBOverHardQuotaLimit 

String 

The maximum mailbox size, in KB, over which sending and receiving mail is disabled. 

mDBOverQuotaLimit 

String 

The mailbox quota overdraft limit, in KB. 

mDBStorageQuota 

String 

The message database quota, in KB. 

mDBUseDefaults 

String 

Indicates whether the store should use the default quota, rather than the per-mailbox quota. 

mhsORAddress 

String 

X.400 address. 

middleName 

String 

The user’s middle name. 

mobile 

String 

The primary cell phone number. 

msCOM-PartitionSetLink 

String 

A link used to associate a COM+ Partition with a COM+ PartitionSet object. Read only. 

msCOM-UserLink 

String 

A link used to associate a COM+ PartitionSet with a User object. Read only. 

msCOM-UserPartitionSetLink 

String 

A link used to associate a User with a COM+ PartitionSet. Read only. 

msDS-AllowedToDelegateTo 

String 

Contains a list of Service Principal Names (SPN). This attribute is used to configure a service to be able to obtain service tickets usable for Constrained Delegation. 

ms-DS-Approx-Immed-Subordinates 

Int 

The approximate number of subordinates for this user. Read only. 

msDS-Cached-Membership-Time-Stamp 

String 

Used by the Security Accounts Manager for group expansion during token evaluation. Read only. 

mS-DS-ConsistencyChildCount 

Int 

This attribute is used to check consistency between the directory and another object, database, or application, by comparing a count of child objects. 

msExchHomeServerName 

String 

The name of the Exchange server. It has a format similar to /o=EXCHANGEORG/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=SERVERNAME

ms-DS-KeyVersionNumber 

Int 

The Kerberos version number of the current key for this account. This is a constructed attribute. Read only. 

ms-DS-Mastered-By 

String 

Back link for msDS-hasMasterNCs. Read only. 

ms-DS-Members-For-Az-Role-BL 

String 

Back-link from member application group or user to Az-Role object(s) linking to it. Read only. 

ms-DS-NC-Repl-Cursors 

String 

A list of past and present replication partners, and how up to date we are with each of them. Read only. 

ms-DS-NC-Repl-Inbound-Neighbors 

String 

Replication partners for this partition. This server obtains replication data from these other servers, which act as sources. Read only. 

ms-DS-NC-Repl-Outbound-Neighbors 

String 

Replication partners for this partition. This server sends replication data to these other servers, which act as destinations. This server will notify these other servers when new data is available. Read only. 

ms-DS-Non-Members-BL 

String 

Back link from non-member group/user to Az group(s) linking to it. Read only. 

ms-DS-Operations-For-Az-Role-BL 

String 

Back-link from Az-Operation to Az-Role object(s) linking to it. Read only. 

ms-DS-Operations-For-Az-Task-BL 

String 

Back-link from Az-Operation to Az-Task object(s) linking to it. Read only. 

ms-DS-Repl-Attribute-Meta-Data 

String 

A list of metadata for each replicated attribute. Read only. 

ms-DS-Repl-Value-Meta-Data 

String 

A list of metadata for each value of an attribute. Read only. 

ms-DS-Tasks-For-Az-Role-BL 

String 

Back-link from Az-Task to Az-Role object(s) linking to it. Read only. 

ms-DS-Tasks-For-Az-Task-BL 

String 

Back-link from Az-Task to the Az-Task object(s) linking to it. Read only. 

ms-DS-User-Account-Control-Computed 

Int 

A computed attribute to expose user password expired and user account locked out. 

msExchMailboxSecurityDescriptor 

String 

This attribute determines Exchange Mailbox rights for the user. 

For more information, see Managing ACL Lists

ms-Exch-Owner-BL 

String 

The back-link to the owner attribute. Contains a list of owners for an object. Read only. 

ms-IIS-FTP-Dir 

String 

The user home directory relative to the file server share. It is used in conjunction with ms-IID-FTP-Root to determine the FTP user home directory. 

ms-IIS-FTP-Root 

String 

This attribute determines the file server share. It is used in conjunction with ms-IID-FTP-Dir to determine the FTP user home directory. 

name 

String 

The Relative Distinguished Name (RDN) of the user. Cannot be set directly. Read only. Set the RDN on create using the DN template or the accountId account attribute. Do not use “name” for the left-hand side of the schema map as it is a reserved attribute name. 

networkAddress 

String 

The TCP/IP address for a network segment. 

nTSecurityDescriptor 

String 

The NT security descriptor for the schema object. 

For more information, see Managing ACL Lists.

o 

String 

The name of the company or organization. 

objectCategory 

N/A 

An object class name used to groups objects of this or derived classes. 

Set by the system. Read-only. 

objectClass 

N/A 

The list of classes from which this class is derived. 

The value of this attribute should be set using the Object Class resource attribute. Read-only. 

objectVersion 

Int 

A version number for the object. 

operatorCount 

Int 

The number of operators on the computer. 

otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber 

String 

A list of alternate facsimile numbers. 

otherHomePhone 

String 

A list of alternate home phone numbers. 

otherIpPhone 

String 

The list of alternate TCP/IP addresses for the phone. Used by Telephony. 

otherLoginWorkstations 

String 

Non-NT or LAN Manager workstations from which a user can log in. 

otherMailbox 

String 

Contains other additional mail addresses in a form such as CCMAIL: JohnDoe. 

otherMobile 

String 

Additional mobile phone numbers 

otherPager 

String 

Additional pager numbers 

otherTelephone 

String 

Additional telephone numbers 

ou 

String 

Organizational unit 

outOfOfficeEnabled 

Boolean 

Enables the out-of-office autoreply function 

outOfOfficeMessage 

String 

The text of an out-of-office message. 

pager 

String 

Pager number 

personalTitle 

String 

User’s title 

PasswordNeverExpires 

Boolean 

Indicates whether the user’s password will expire. 

physicalDeliveryOfficeName 

String 

The office where deliveries are routed to. 

postalAddress 

String 

The office location in the user’s place of business. 

postalCode 

String 

The postal or zip code for mail delivery. 

postOfficeBox 

String 

The P.O. Box number for this object. 

preferredDeliveryMethod 

String 

The X.500. preferred way to deliver to addressee 

preferredOU 

String 

The Organizational Unit to show by default on user’ s desktop. 

primaryGroupID 

Int 

If the user is not already a member of the group, then the primaryGroupID must be set in 2 steps: add the user to the group then set the primaryGroupId. 

primaryInternationalISDNNumber 

String 

The primary ISDN number. 

primaryTelexNumber 

String 

The primary telex number. 

profilePath 

String 

Specifies a path to the user’s profile. This value can be a null string, a local absolute path, or a UNC path. 

proxyAddresses 

String 

A proxy address is the address by which a Microsoft Exchange Server recipient object is recognized in a foreign mail system. Proxy addresses are required for all recipient objects such as custom recipients and distribution lists. 

pwdLastSet 

String 

This attribute indicates the last time the user modified the password. This value is stored as a large integer that represents the number of seconds elapsed since 00:00:00, January 1, 1601 (FILETIME). If this value is set to zero and the user account has the password never expires property set to false, then the user must set the password at the next logon. 

RecipientType 

String 

Required for all Exchange 2007 account types The possible values are User, UserMailbox or MailUser. 

This attribute is not displayed by default. You must add it to manage Exchange 2007 accounts. 

revision 

Int 

The revision level for a security descriptor or other change. Read only. 

rid 

Int 

The relative Identifier of an object. Read only. 

sAMAccountName 

String 

Login name. 

sAMAccountType 

Int 

This attribute contains information about every account type object. Set by system. Read only. 

scriptPath 

String 

The path for the user’s logon script. The string can be null. 

seeAlso 

String 

DNs of related objects 

serialNumber 

String 

User’s serial number. Not used by Active Directory. 

servicePrincipalName 

String 

List of distinguished names that are related to an object. 

showInAddressBook 

String 

This attribute is used to indicate which MAPI address books an object will appear in. It is normally maintained by the Exchange Recipient Update Service. 

showInAdvancedViewOnly 

Boolean 

True if this attribute is to be visible in the Advanced mode of the UI. 

sn 

String 

Family or last name 

st 

String 

State or province name 

street 

String 

Street address 

Structural-Object-Class 

String 

Stores a list of classes contained in a class hierarchy, including abstract classes. Read only. 

telephoneNumber 

String 

Primary telephone number. 

Terminal Services Initial Program 

String 

The path of the initial program that runs when the user logs on. 

Terminal Services Initial Program Directory 

String 

The path of working directory for the initial program 

Terminal Services Inherit Initial Program 

Boolean 

Indicates whether the client can specify an initial program 

true - The client can specify program. 

false - The Terminal Services Initial Program value is used and client is logged off when exiting that program.

Terminal Services Allow Logon 

Boolean 

false - The user cannot logon. 

true - The user can logon. 

Terminal Services Active Session Timeout 

Integer 

Duration in milliseconds. A value of 0 indicates the connection timer is disabled. 

Terminal Services Disconnected Session Timeout 

Integer 

The maximum duration, in milliseconds, that a terminal server retains a disconnected session before the logon is terminated. A value of 0 indicates the disconnection timer is disabled. 

Terminal Services Idle Timeout 

Integer 

The maximum idle time, in milliseconds. If there is no keyboard or mouse activity for the specified interval, the user’s session is disconnected or terminated depending on the value specified in Terminal Services End Session On Timeout Or Broken Connection. A value of 0 indicates the idle timer is disabled. 

Terminal Services Connect Client Drives At Logon 

Boolean 

Indicates whether the terminal server automatically reestablishes client drive mappings at logon. 

false - The server does not automatically connect to previously mapped client drives. 

true - The server automatically connects to previously mapped client drives at logon. 

Terminal Services Connect Client Printers At Logon 

Boolean 

Indicates whether the terminal server automatically reestablishes client printer mappings at logon. 

false - The server does not automatically connect to previously mapped client printers. 

true - The server automatically connects to previously mapped client printers at logon. 

Terminal Services Default To Main Client Printer 

Boolean 

Indicates whether the client printer is the default printer. 

false - The client printer is not the default printer. 

true - The client printer is the default printer. 

Terminal Services End Session On Timeout Or Broken Connection 

Boolean 

Specifies the action when the connection or idle timers expire, or when a connection is lost due to a connection error. 

false - The session is disconnected. 

true - The session is terminated. 

Terminal Services Allow Reconnect From Originating Client Only 

Boolean 

Indicates how a disconnected session for this user can be reconnected. 

false - The user can log on to any client computer to reconnect to a disconnected session. 

true - The user can reconnect to a disconnected session by logging on to the client computer used to establish the disconnected session. 

Terminal Services Callback Settings 

Integer 

Indicates the configuration for dialup connections in which the terminal server hangs up and then calls back the client to establish the connection. 

0 - Callback connections are disabled. 

1 - The server prompts the user to enter a phone number and calls the user back at that phone number. 

2 - The server automatically calls the user back at the phone number specified by the Terminal Services Callback Phone Number attribute. 

Terminal Services Callback Phone Number 

String 

The phone number to use for callback connections. 

Terminal Services Remote Control Settings 

Integer 

Indicates whether the user session can be shadowed. Shadowing allows a user to remotely monitor the on-screen operations of another user. 

0 - Disable 

1 - Enable input, notify 

2 - Enable input, no notify 

3 - Enable no input, notify 

4 - Enable no input, no notify 

Terminal Services User Profile 

String 

The path of the user’s profile for terminal server logon. 

Terminal Services Local Home Directory 

String 

The path of the user’s home directory for terminal server logon. 

Terminal Services Home Directory Drive 

String 

A drive name (a drive letter followed by a colon) to which the UNC path specified in the Terminal Services Local Home Directory attribute is mapped. 

textEncodedORAddress 

String 

Supports X.400 addresses in a text format. 

thumbnailPhoto 

Binary 

An image of the user. 

title 

String 

Contains the user’s job title. This property is commonly used to indicate the formal job title, such as Senior Programmer, rather than occupational class, such as programmer. It is not typically used for suffix titles such as Esq. or DDS. 

userAccountControl 

Int 

Specifies flags that control password, lockout, disable/enable, script, and home directory behavior for the user. This property also contains a flag that indicates the account type of the object. The flags are defined in LMACCESS.H. 

userParameters 

String 

Parameters of the user. Points to a Directory string that is set aside for use by applications. This string can be a null string, or it can have any number of characters before the terminating null character. 

userPassword 

Encrypted 

The user’s password in UTF-8 format. This is a write-only attribute. 

userPrincipalName 

String 

An Internet-style login name for a user based on the Internet standard RFC 822. The UPN is shorter than the distinguished name and easier to remember. By convention, this should map to the user e-mail name. 

userSharedFolder 

String 

Specifies a UNC path to the user’s shared documents folder. The path must be a network UNC path of the form \\server\share\directory. This value can be a null string. 

userSharedFolderOther 

String 

Specifies a UNC path to the user’s additional shared documents folder. The path must be a network UNC path of the form \\server\share\directory. This value can be a null string. 

userWorkstations 

String 

NetBIOS or DNS names of computers user can log into, separated by commas. 

usnChanged 

String 

USN value assigned by the local directory for the latest change, including creation. Read only. 

usnCreated 

String 

USN-Changed value assigned at object creation. 

USNIntersite 

Int 

The USN for inter-site replication. 

uSNLastObjRem 

String 

Indicates when the last object was removed from a server. Read only. 

uSNSource 

String 

Value of the USN-Changed attribute of the object from the remote directory that replicated the change to the local server.Read only. 

WS_PasswordExpired 

Boolean 

Indicates whether to expire the user’s password. 

WS_USER_PASSWORD 

Encrypted 

Contains the user password. See the Usage Notes for more information. 

wbemPath 

String 

References to objects in other ADSI namespaces. 

whenChanged 

String 

The date when this object was last changed. Read only. 

whenCreated 

String 

The date when this object was created. Read only. 

wWWHomePage 

String 

The user’s primary web page. 

url 

String 

A list of alternate web pages. 

x121Address 

String 

The X.121 address for an object.