";s:4:"text";s:2828:" The maximum path length is 259, for example the user Desktop folder on an English system is C:\Users\[User]\Desktop which leaves at most 241 characters for the user name. Oh, and the Pre-2000 logon name is limited to 20 characters. I dont have any system or server running on pre 2000 OS and my Active Directory is also running on 2003 standard edition SP2 which should allow 256 character in SAM-Account-Name. and I doubt they go to all that trouble.
Brian, I know that pre-windows 2000 names can only be 20 characters.
I probably will create another test user to see if will work. Additional Information. Spelling is all correct Tim. UPN Suffix und Mailadresse können gleich sein Der UPNSuffix ist nicht an den Namen des Active Directory oder die Domäne gebunden, sondern kann ziemlich frei vergeben werden. But the quick answer is 64 characters for display names and 104 characters for user logon names, however Microsoft recommends that user logon names be kept to 64 characters as well. This limit is due to the size of the global relative identifier (RID) pool of 30 bits that makes each SID (that is assigned to user, group, and computer accounts) in a domain unique. Active Directory Maximum Limits. However, for backward compatibility the limit is 20 characters.