Address Book Properties

The address book properties are used to provide supplementary identification and information for a user. Their content is defined by the user and the user's organization. These properties can be viewed and managed by the Active Directory User and Computers snap-in or the Windows Address Book (WAB).

c (Country-Name)

The Country-Name property is the country in the user's address.

The country is represented as the two-character country code based on ISO-3166. For the country codes, see Values for countryCode.

co (Text-Country)

The co property is the country in which the user is located.

notes (Comment)

The notes property is a comment. This string can be a null string.

department (Department)

The department property is a single-valued property that contains the name for the department in which the user works.

description (Description)

The description property is a single-valued property that contains the description to display for the user.

displayName (Display-Name)

The displayName property is the name displayed in the address book for a particular user. This is usually the combination of the user's first name, middle initial, and last name.

directReports (Reports)

The directReports property is a multi-valued property that contains the list of users that directly report to the user. The users listed as reports are those that have the property manager property set to this user. Each item in the list is a linked reference to the object that represents the user; therefore, Active Directory automatically updates the directReports property when a user's manager property adds or removes this user as a manager. The items are represented as distinguished names.

facsimileTelephoneNumber (Facsimile-Telephone-Number)

The facsimileTelephoneNumber property is a single-valued property that contains the telephone number of the user's business fax machine.

givenName (Given-Name)

The givenName property is a single-valued property that contains the given name (first name) of the user.

homePhone (Phone-Home-Primary)

The homePhone property is a single-valued property containing the primary home telephone number for the user.

initials (Initials)

The initials property is single-valued property containing the initials for parts of the user's full name. This may be used as the middle initial in the Windows Address Book.

ipPhone (Phone-Ip-Primary)

The ipPhone property is used by Telephony.

l (Locality-Name)

The l property is a single-valued property containing the locality, such as the town or city, in the user's address.

managedObjects (Managed-Objects)

The managedObjects property is a multi-valued property that contains the list of objects that are managed by the user. The objects listed are those that have the managedBy property set to this user. Each item in the list is a linked reference to the managed object; therefore, Active Directory automatically updates the managedObjects property when an object's managedBy property adds or removes this user as its manager. The items are represented as distinguished names.

manager (Manager)

The manager property is a single-valued property that contains the user who is the user's manager. The manager's user object contains a directReports property that contains references to all user objects that have their manager properties set to the manager's user object. See directReports.

mobile (Phone-Mobile-Primary)

The mobile property is a single-valued property containing the primary cellular telephone number for the user.

otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber (Phone-Fax-Other)

The otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber property is a multi-valued property that contains telephone numbers of alternate fax machines for the user.

otherIpPhone (Phone-Ip-Other)

The otherIpPhone property is used by Telephony.

otherMobile (Phone-Mobile-Other)

The otherMobile property is a multi-valued property that contains alternate cellular telephone numbers for the user.

otherPager (Phone-Pager-Other)

The otherPager property is a multi-valued property that contains alternate pager telephone numbers for the user.

otherTelephone (Phone-Office-Other)

The otherTelephone property is a multi-valued property that contains alternate business telephone numbers for the user.

pager (Phone-Pager-Primary)

The pager property is a single-valued property containing the primary pager telephone number for the user.

physicalDeliveryOfficeName (Physical-Delivery-Office-Name)

The physicalDeliveryOfficeName property is a single-valued property that contains the office location in the user's place of business.

postalAddress (Postal-Address)

The postalAddress property is a single-valued property containing the user's postal address.

postalCode (Postal-Code)

The postalCode property is a single-valued property containing postal code for the user's postal address. The postal code is specific to the user's country. In the United States of America, this property contains the ZIP code.

postOfficeBox (Post-Office-Box)

The postOfficeBox property is a single-valued property containing the number or identifier of the user's post office box.

sn (Surname)

The sn property is a single-valued property that specifies the user's surname (family name or last name).

st (State-Or-Province-Name)

The st property is the state or province in the user's address.

street (Street-Address)

The street property is a single-valued property that contains the street address of the user's place of business.

telephoneNumber (Telephone-Number)

The telephoneNumber property is a single-valued property that contains the primary telephone number of the user's place of business.

title (Title)

The title property is a single-valued property that contains the user's job title. This property is commonly used to indicate the formal job title, such as Senior Programmer, rather than occupational class, such as programmer. It is not typically used for "suffix" titles such as Esq. or DDS.

Examples: Managing Director, Programmer II, Associate Professor, and Development Lead.

url (WWW-Page-Other)

The url property is a multi-valued property that contains the URLs for the user's alternate web pages.

wWWHomePage (WWW-Home-Page)

The wWWHomePage property is a single-valued property that contains the URL for the user's primary web page.