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# _generals
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Webster Webster
12/01/2022, 2:19 PMMany places use numbers in an AD name. Some places use employee numbers and never actual names.
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Spencer Sun
12/01/2022, 2:20 PMI agree with Carl. I have never seen an issue with numbers in a user name
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Nick Panaccio
12/01/2022, 2:20 PM^Yep. Every place I have worked at since 2005 has used numbers in usernames.
Nick Panaccio
12/01/2022, 2:21 PMsmithj27 for the 28th John Smith in the company.
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Spencer Sun
12/01/2022, 2:21 PMOut of curiosity, @Barry Browne Why do you ask? Have you seen any issues?
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Barry Browne
12/01/2022, 2:22 PMNo issues that I have seen, I just wanted to to make sure there are no issues that I have not thought about! Thanks everyone.
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Webster Webster
12/01/2022, 2:39 PMMS's script running since 1998 to get the maximums for AD, uses only numbers for everything.
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dready
12/02/2022, 2:48 PMI know there are issues with machine names made of numbers only - not sure about users. But a letter/number combination should be good.
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Webster Webster
12/02/2022, 3:21 PMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/identity/naming-conventions-for-computer-domain-site-ou
In Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows, computers that are members of an Active Directory domain can't have names that are composed completely of numbers. This restriction is because of DNS restrictions.