Schema Attribute Categories

Object attributes fall into the following categories: Global Catalog Attributes, Indexed Attributes, and Linked Attributes. The table below lists Active Directory object attributes by their categories.

Category Attributes
Global Catalog AttributesAlt-Security-Identities
CA-Certificate
CA-Certificate-DN
Certificate-Templates
Common-Name
Country-Name
Description
Display-Name
DNS-Host-Name
Domain-Component
Driver-Name
DS-Core-Propagation-Data
E-mail-Addresses
Flags
Frs-Computer-Reference
FRS-Member-Reference
Given-Name
GP-Link
Group-Type
Instance-Type
Is-Deleted
Keywords
LDAP-Display-Name
Legacy-Exchange-DN
Locality-Name
Location
Manager
meetingBlob
meetingDescription
meetingName
meetingProtocol
Member
ms-RRAS-Attribute
MS-SQL-Alias
MS-SQL-Database
MS-SQL-Name
MS-SQL-Version
MSMQ-Authenticate
MSMQ-Base-Priority
MSMQ-Dependent-Client-Services
MSMQ-Digests
MSMQ-Digests-Mig
MSMQ-Ds-Services
MSMQ-Encrypt-Key
MSMQ-Foreign
MSMQ-In-Routing-Servers
MSMQ-Journal
MSMQ-Label
MSMQ-OS-Type
MSMQ-Out-Routing-Servers
MSMQ-Owner-ID
MSMQ-Privacy-Level
MSMQ-Queue-Journal-Quota
MSMQ-Queue-Name-Ext
MSMQ-Queue-Quota
MSMQ-Queue-Type
MSMQ-Routing-Services
MSMQ-Service-Type
MSMQ-Sign-Certificates
MSMQ-Sign-Certificates-Mig
MSMQ-Sign-Key
MSMQ-Sites
MSMQ-Transactional
MSMQ-User-Sid
Netboot-GUID
Netboot-Machine-File-Path
NT-Security-Descriptor
Obj-Dist-Name
Object-Category
Object-Class
Object-Guid
Object-Sid
Organization-Name
Organizational-Unit-Name
Partial-Attribute-Deletion-List
Partial-Attribute-Set
Phone-Home-Primary
Phone-Ip-Other
Phone-Ip-Primary
PKI-Critical-Extensions
PKI-Default-CSPs
PKI-Default-Key-Spec
PKI-Enrollment-Access
PKI-Expiration-Period
PKI-Extended-Key-Usage
PKI-Key-Usage
PKI-Max-Issuing-Depth
PKI-Overlap-Period
Poss-Superiors
Primary-Group-ID
Print-Color
Print-Duplex-Supported
Print-Max-Resolution-Supported
Print-Media-Ready
Print-Pages-Per-Minute
Print-Share-Name
Print-Stapling-Supported
Printer-Name
Proxied-Object-Name
Range-Lower
Range-Upper
RDN
Repl-Property-Meta-Data
Repl-UpToDate-Vector
Reps-From
Reps-To
SAM-Account-Name
SAM-Account-Type
Server-Name
Service-Binding-Information
Service-Class-ID
Service-Class-Info
Service-Instance-Version
Service-Principal-Name
Short-Server-Name
SID-History
Signature-Algorithms
State-Or-Province-Name
Street-Address
Sub-Refs
Surname
System-Poss-Superiors
Telephone-Number
UNC-Name
User-Account-Control
User-Cert
User-Principal-Name
User-SMIME-Certificate
USN-Changed
USN-Created
USN-Last-Obj-Rem
Version-Number
Well-Known-Objects
When-Changed
When-Created
Winsock-Addresses
X509-Cert
Indexed AttributesAccount-Expires
Alt-Security-Identities
Assistant
Birth-Location
Code-Page
COM-ClassID
Common-Name
Company
Country-Code
Country-Name
Department
dhcp-Type
Division
Dns-Root
E-mail-Addresses
Employee-Type
File-Ext-Priority
Flat-Name
FSMO-Role-Owner
Group-Attributes
Home-Directory
Home-Drive
Implemented-Categories
Is-Member-Of-DL
Keywords
Legacy-Exchange-DN
Locale-ID
Locality-Name
Location
Logon-Hours
Logon-Workstation
Manager
Max-Storage
MS-DS-Creator-SID
MS-SQL-Alias
MS-SQL-Database
MS-SQL-Name
MS-SQL-Version
MSMQ-Digests
MSMQ-Label
MSMQ-Queue-Type
NETBIOS-Name
Netboot-GUID
Object-Category
OMT-Indx-Guid
Organizational-Unit-Name
Other-Login-Workstations
Package-Flags
Physical-Location-Object
Post-Office-Box
Postal-Address
Postal-Code
Preferred-OU
Primary-Group-ID
Profile-Path
RDN
Required-Categories
rpc-Ns-Interface-ID
rpc-Ns-Object-ID
rpc-Ns-Transfer-Syntax
SAM-Account-Name
SAM-Account-Type
Script-Path
Service-Class-Name
Service-Principal-Name
Show-In-Address-Book
Show-In-Advanced-View-Only
SID-History
State-Or-Province-Name
Street-Address
Text-Country
Time-Vol-Change
Trust-Partner
UNC-Name
User-Principal-Name
User-Workstations
USN-Intersite
Vol-Table-Idx-GUID
Linked AttributesBridgehead-Server-List-BL
Bridgehead-Transport-List
Frs-Computer-Reference
Frs-Computer-Reference-BL
FRS-Member-Reference
FRS-Member-Reference-BL
FRS-Primary-Member
Has-Master-NCs
Has-Partial-Replica-NCs
Is-Member-Of-DL
Is-Privilege-Holder
Managed-By
Managed-Objects
Manager
Mastered-By
Member
netboot-SCP-BL
netboot-Server
Non-Security-Member
Non-Security-Member-BL
Owner
Privilege-Holder
Query-Policy-BL
Query-Policy-Object
Reports
Server-Reference
Server-Reference-BL
Site-Link-List
Site-List
Site-Object
Site-Object-BL
Sync-Membership