{"id":449,"date":"2015-10-07T23:01:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T23:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/?p=449"},"modified":"2023-02-24T18:56:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T18:56:36","slug":"how-to-change-a-users-domain-name-and-update-office-365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/stellark\/2015\/10\/07\/how-to-change-a-users-domain-name-and-update-office-365\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change a User\u2019s Domain Name and Update Office 365"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On occasion you may be required to change or update a users&nbsp; AD account name.&nbsp; The user got married, the user opted for a name change or the most common, a user\u2019s name was configured incorrectly to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the steps to take if your domain is also participating in directory synchronization to Office 365.<\/p>\n<p>1) From Active Directory right click on the user and \u201crename\u201d.&nbsp; Ensure all required user info is updated.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Update First name<\/li>\n<li>Update last name<\/li>\n<li>Update User Logon name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2) Update E-mail to new username from the General tab of user properties<\/p>\n<p>3) Office 365 OAB will update within 24 \u2013 48 hours<\/p>\n<p>4) Perform a Directory Synchronization and verify the changes have synchronized up to Office 365.&nbsp; If the \u201cuser name\u201d entry in Office 365 does not update run the following Power Shell commands:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>$Usercredential = Get-Credential &#8220;someperson@somewhere.com&#8221;<br \/>\nConnect-MSOLService -Credential $Usercredential<\/p>\n<p>Set-MsolUserPrincipalName -newuserprincipalname <a href=\"mailto:newname@yourdomain.com\">newname@yourdomain.com<\/a> -userprincipalname <a href=\"mailto:oldname@yourdomain.com\">oldname@yourdomain.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5) Log into user workstation as an Admin and rename the users folder to new name.&nbsp; IE&gt; C:\\Users<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6) You may also need to create a new Mail profile for the user so that the inbox correctly shows the new updated name vs. previous name.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7) Finally navigate to the users ProfileList in the registry and update the ProfileImagePath Reg string to reflect the newly named folder.&nbsp; Click on each profile until you find the one that requires changing.<\/p>\n<p>From a run command windows type regedit and enter then navigate to:<\/p>\n<p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On occasion you may be required to change or update a users&nbsp; AD account name.&nbsp; The user got married, the user opted for a name change or the most common, a user\u2019s name was configured incorrectly to begin with. 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