About the user display name preference

The display name setting determines how organization usernames are stored by the Active Directory server. This property is used with service features such as the address book in Hosted Exchange 2003. Also, the display name preference determines how usernames are displayed on the organization's users list.

Options for this setting include:

Default settings

The default setting is First name, Last name. After you add an organization, the organization administrator can change the display name preference for the organization any time.

How changes affect organizations

When users are added to organizations, their names are stored by the Active Directory server according to the current display name preferences. If you change the display name preferences, existing organizations' display names are not affected; their usernames are displayed either:

However, if you change an existing user's properties, the new setting is applied to that user as well.

Changes made in the organization control panel

If you change the display name setting in the organization control panel, the change is applied to all existing users in the organization as well as to any new users that are created.

You can change the display name preference any time.

How to view the display name preference

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