Common Active Directory User Attributes

Here is a listing of common Active Directory user attributes that can be easily queried using a variety of methods such as VB, C#, or even VBScript.

Once you learn how to query the directory and brush up on your coding, it will be easy for you to build custom applications that integrate very well.

Display	Attribute
International ISDN Number (Others)	`internationalISDNNumber`
accountExpires	`accountExpires`
accountNameHistory	`accountNameHistory`
aCSPolicyName	`aCSPolicyName`
adminCount	`adminCount`
altSecurityIdentities	`altSecurityIdentities`
Assistant	`assistant`
badPasswordTime	`badPasswordTime`
badPwdCount	`badPwdCount`
City	`l`
codePage	`codePage`
Comment	`comment`
Company	`company`
controlAccessRights	`controlAccessRights`
Country	`co`
Country Abbreviation	`c`
countryCode	`countryCode`
dBCSPwd	`dBCSPwd`
defaultClassStore	`defaultClassStore`
Department	`department`
desktopProfile	`desktopProfile`
destinationIndicator	`destinationIndicator`
Division	`division`
dynamicLDAPServer	`dynamicLDAPServer`
E-Mail Address	`mail`
E-Mail Address (Others)	`otherMailbox`
Employee ID	`employeeID`
Fax Number	`facsimileTelephoneNumber`
Fax Number (Others)	`otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber`
First Name	`givenName`
garbageCollPeriod	`garbageCollPeriod`
Generational Suffix	`generationQualifier`
groupMembershipSAM	`groupMembershipSAM`
groupPriority	`groupPriority`
groupsToIgnore	`groupsToIgnore`
Home Address	`homePostalAddress`
Home Drive	`homeDrive`
Home Folder	`homeDirectory`
Home Phone	`homePhone`
Home Phone (Others)	`otherHomePhone`
Initials	`initials`
International ISDN Number	`primaryInternationalISDNNumber`
IP Phone Number	`ipPhone`
IP Phone Number (Others)	`otherIpPhone`
Job Title	`title`
lastLogoff	`lastLogoff`
lastLogon	`lastLogon`
legacyExchangeDN	`legacyExchangeDN`
lmPwdHistory	`lmPwdHistory`
localeID	`localeID`
lockoutTime	`lockoutTime`
Logon Name	`userPrincipalName`
Logon Name (pre-Windows 2000)	`sAMAccountName`
Logon Workstations	`userWorkstations`
logonCount	`logonCount`
logonHours	`logonHours`
logonWorkstation	`logonWorkstation`
Manager	`manager`
maxStorage	`maxStorage`
mhsORAddress	`mhsORAddress`
Middle Name	`middleName`
Mobile Number	`mobile`
Mobile Number (Others)	`otherMobile`
mS-DS-CreatorSID	`mS-DS-CreatorSID`
mSMQDigests	`mSMQDigests`
mSMQDigestsMig	`mSMQDigestsMig`
mSMQSignCertificates	`mSMQSignCertificates`
mSMQSignCertificatesMig	`mSMQSignCertificatesMig`
msNPAllowDialin	`msNPAllowDialin`
msNPCallingStationID	`msNPCallingStationID`
msNPSavedCallingStationID	`msNPSavedCallingStationID`
msRADIUSCallbackNumber	`msRADIUSCallbackNumber`
msRADIUSFramedIPAddress	`msRADIUSFramedIPAddress`
msRADIUSFramedRoute	`msRADIUSFramedRoute`
msRADIUSServiceType	`msRADIUSServiceType`
msRASSavedCallbackNumber	`msRASSavedCallbackNumber`
msRASSavedFramedIPAddress	`msRASSavedFramedIPAddress`
msRASSavedFramedRoute	`msRASSavedFramedRoute`
Name	`cn`
networkAddress	`networkAddress`
Notes	`info`
ntPwdHistory	`ntPwdHistory`
nTSecurityDescriptor	`nTSecurityDescriptor`
o	`o`
objectSid	`objectSid`
Office Location	`physicalDeliveryOfficeName`
operatorCount	`operatorCount`
otherLoginWorkstations	`otherLoginWorkstations`
ou	`ou`
Pager Number	`pager`
Pager Number (Others)	`otherPager`
Phone Number (Others)	`otherTelephone`
Post Office Box	`postOfficeBox`
postalAddress	`postalAddress`
preferredDeliveryMethod	`preferredDeliveryMethod`
preferredOU	`preferredOU`
primaryGroupID	`primaryGroupID`
profilePath	`profilePath`
pwdLastSet	`pwdLastSet`
registeredAddress	`registeredAddress`
rid	`rid`
sAMAccountType	`sAMAccountType`
scriptPath	`scriptPath`
securityIdentifier	`securityIdentifier`
servicePrincipalName	`servicePrincipalName`
showInAddressBook	`showInAddressBook`
sIDHistory	`sIDHistory`
State/Province	`st`
street	`street`
Street Address	`streetAddress`
supplementalCredentials	`supplementalCredentials`
Telephone Number	`telephoneNumber`
teletexTerminalIdentifier	`teletexTerminalIdentifier`
Telex Number	`primaryTelexNumber`
Telex Number (Others)	`telexNumber`
terminalServer	`terminalServer`
textEncodedORAddress	`textEncodedORAddress`
thumbnailLogo	`thumbnailLogo`
thumbnailPhoto	`thumbnailPhoto`
Title	`personalTitle`
tokenGroups	`tokenGroups`
tokenGroupsGlobalAndUniversal	`tokenGroupsGlobalAndUniversal`
tokenGroupsNoGCAcceptable	`tokenGroupsNoGCAcceptable`
unicodePwd	`unicodePwd`
userAccountControl	`userAccountControl`
userCert	`userCert`
userCertificate	`userCertificate`
userParameters	`userParameters`
userSharedFolder	`userSharedFolder`
userSharedFolderOther	`userSharedFolderOther`
userSMIMECertificate	`userSMIMECertificate`
x121Address	`x121Address`
ZIP/Postal Code	`postalCode`