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User ID or user name character limit

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Posted on by Hassan_rulz 3,801

Hi Experts,

I want to know if there is any limit in AX 2012 R3 for User ID or User name? 

As if we have AD user name (hassan.raza.rules) with maximum characters then what will happen in AX? We have to change name? or we have to reduce character? 

Regards,

Hassan

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    Koen Roks Profile Picture
    Koen Roks on at

    Hi Hassan

    If you look at the length of the userId EDT it is 8 long. However the sam account name in the AD needs to be less than 20 long which leaves us a bit of gap.

    I have done a small test where I manipulated the ad alias to be longer than 8 and it just cuts it of.

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    I think it will work because authentication will use the SID etc to verify the account. You probably will just have some places that the username will be cut off to 8 characters.

    I currently do not have setup to do a full test :)

    Kind regards,

    Koen

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    Chaitanya Golla Profile Picture
    Chaitanya Golla 17,225 on at

    Hi,

    As far I know we can create a user (on client UI) through two ways like through User import and new user. With both the approaches userId and username accommodates 8 and 40 chars respectively and when I tried to use import function by providing username with the same length as "hassan.raza.rules" i.e 17 characters, could not find any truncation after creation. So, I feel you can use the username without any change.

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