Add Employee ID

All,

How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users Properties?
We have a Windows 2003 Domain.

Any help is appreciated.

Depends on what you mean by "add". Can you expand on the requirements?


"Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:504B788A-82AB-49EF-8A37-E529DD0F6DD5@microsoft.com...
> All,
>
> How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users
> Properties?
> We have a Windows 2003 Domain.
>
> Any help is appreciated.

I want to either create a field to put the employee id under users properties
or create a new tab.

"Al Mulnick" wrote:

> Depends on what you mean by "add". Can you expand on the requirements?
>
>
> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:504B788A-82AB-49EF-8A37-E529DD0F6DD5@microsoft.com...
> > All,
> >
> > How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users
> > Properties?
> > We have a Windows 2003 Domain.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
>
>
>

I don't recommend it, but there are examples of this being done on MSDN.
How's your programming skills? If you feel comfortable doing such a thing,
check out the programming concepts and ideas for the MMC and specifically
look for examples of extending the ADUC.

I do suggest considering using an existing, yet unused field. If you've
deployed Exchange, one of the extended attributes might be useful and is
already exposed by the Exchange mmc.

Does that help?

"Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8AB907C4-1569-408C-91DC-85CD7B5883FE@microsoft.com...
>I want to either create a field to put the employee id under users
>properties
> or create a new tab.
>
> "Al Mulnick" wrote:
>
>> Depends on what you mean by "add". Can you expand on the requirements?
>>
>>
>> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:504B788A-82AB-49EF-8A37-E529DD0F6DD5@microsoft.com...
>> > All,
>> >
>> > How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users
>> > Properties?
>> > We have a Windows 2003 Domain.
>> >
>> > Any help is appreciated.
>>
>>
>>

I have no programming skills.
yes, we do use exchange but I don't see any open\free fields under user
properties.

Thanks anyways

"Al Mulnick" wrote:

> I don't recommend it, but there are examples of this being done on MSDN.
> How's your programming skills? If you feel comfortable doing such a thing,
> check out the programming concepts and ideas for the MMC and specifically
> look for examples of extending the ADUC.
>
> I do suggest considering using an existing, yet unused field. If you've
> deployed Exchange, one of the extended attributes might be useful and is
> already exposed by the Exchange mmc.
>
> Does that help?
>
> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8AB907C4-1569-408C-91DC-85CD7B5883FE@microsoft.com...
> >I want to either create a field to put the employee id under users
> >properties
> > or create a new tab.
> >
> > "Al Mulnick" wrote:
> >
> >> Depends on what you mean by "add". Can you expand on the requirements?
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:504B788A-82AB-49EF-8A37-E529DD0F6DD5@microsoft.com...
> >> > All,
> >> >
> >> > How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users
> >> > Properties?
> >> > We have a Windows 2003 Domain.
> >> >
> >> > Any help is appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Here's a useful script.

http://www.kouti.com/scripts.htm

Look for employeeID.vbs

Tony
www.activedir.org


"Al Mulnick" wrote:

> I don't recommend it, but there are examples of this being done on MSDN.
> How's your programming skills? If you feel comfortable doing such a thing,
> check out the programming concepts and ideas for the MMC and specifically
> look for examples of extending the ADUC.
>
> I do suggest considering using an existing, yet unused field. If you've
> deployed Exchange, one of the extended attributes might be useful and is
> already exposed by the Exchange mmc.
>
> Does that help?
>
> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8AB907C4-1569-408C-91DC-85CD7B5883FE@microsoft.com...
> >I want to either create a field to put the employee id under users
> >properties
> > or create a new tab.
> >
> > "Al Mulnick" wrote:
> >
> >> Depends on what you mean by "add". Can you expand on the requirements?
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:504B788A-82AB-49EF-8A37-E529DD0F6DD5@microsoft.com...
> >> > All,
> >> >
> >> > How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users
> >> > Properties?
> >> > We have a Windows 2003 Domain.
> >> >
> >> > Any help is appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

They're advanced if I recall correctly. Turn on the advanced view of the
Exchange enhanced ADUC and have a look at the Exchange advanced tab. You
should see something about extended attributes in there.

Tony posted a link to a vbscript in a previous post that may be of use to
you as well. It doesn't display as you've asked, but it does let you add the
value and will show the current value that is set when you use it.

Al

"Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:86225E7F-2156-4B94-8F28-D2EA95EFB0E4@microsoft.com...
>I have no programming skills.
> yes, we do use exchange but I don't see any open\free fields under user
> properties.
>
> Thanks anyways
>
> "Al Mulnick" wrote:
>
>> I don't recommend it, but there are examples of this being done on MSDN.
>> How's your programming skills? If you feel comfortable doing such a
>> thing,
>> check out the programming concepts and ideas for the MMC and specifically
>> look for examples of extending the ADUC.
>>
>> I do suggest considering using an existing, yet unused field. If you've
>> deployed Exchange, one of the extended attributes might be useful and is
>> already exposed by the Exchange mmc.
>>
>> Does that help?
>>
>> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8AB907C4-1569-408C-91DC-85CD7B5883FE@microsoft.com...
>> >I want to either create a field to put the employee id under users
>> >properties
>> > or create a new tab.
>> >
>> > "Al Mulnick" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Depends on what you mean by "add". Can you expand on the
>> >> requirements?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:504B788A-82AB-49EF-8A37-E529DD0F6DD5@microsoft.com...
>> >> > All,
>> >> >
>> >> > How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users
>> >> > Properties?
>> >> > We have a Windows 2003 Domain.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help is appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Just to clarify, user objects already have an employeeID attribute, it just
does not appear anywhere in ADUC. You can assign and retrieve values in
code. The trick is to extend ADUC to display the value. Or, you can use ADSI
Edit to assign values.

--
Richard Mueller
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
--

"Al Mulnick" <amulnick_No_SPAM@ncDOTrr.com> wrote in message
news:ekoG%23vhWHHA.4180@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> They're advanced if I recall correctly. Turn on the advanced view of the
> Exchange enhanced ADUC and have a look at the Exchange advanced tab. You
> should see something about extended attributes in there.
>
> Tony posted a link to a vbscript in a previous post that may be of use to
> you as well. It doesn't display as you've asked, but it does let you add
> the value and will show the current value that is set when you use it.
>
> Al
>
> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:86225E7F-2156-4B94-8F28-D2EA95EFB0E4@microsoft.com...
>>I have no programming skills.
>> yes, we do use exchange but I don't see any open\free fields under user
>> properties.
>>
>> Thanks anyways
>>
>> "Al Mulnick" wrote:
>>
>>> I don't recommend it, but there are examples of this being done on MSDN.
>>> How's your programming skills? If you feel comfortable doing such a
>>> thing,
>>> check out the programming concepts and ideas for the MMC and
>>> specifically
>>> look for examples of extending the ADUC.
>>>
>>> I do suggest considering using an existing, yet unused field. If you've
>>> deployed Exchange, one of the extended attributes might be useful and is
>>> already exposed by the Exchange mmc.
>>>
>>> Does that help?
>>>
>>> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:8AB907C4-1569-408C-91DC-85CD7B5883FE@microsoft.com...
>>> >I want to either create a field to put the employee id under users
>>> >properties
>>> > or create a new tab.
>>> >
>>> > "Al Mulnick" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Depends on what you mean by "add". Can you expand on the
>>> >> requirements?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "Jose" <Jose@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> >> news:504B788A-82AB-49EF-8A37-E529DD0F6DD5@microsoft.com...
>>> >> > All,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users
>>> >> > Properties?
>>> >> > We have a Windows 2003 Domain.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Any help is appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms676902.aspx

--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
Author of O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition
www.joeware.net


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Jose wrote:
> All,
>
> How can I add the Employee ID field in our Active Directory Users Properties?
> We have a Windows 2003 Domain.
>
> Any help is appreciated.