Re: Custom Attributes

From: Al Dunbar [MS-MVP] (alan-no-drub-spam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:33:17 -0700

"LMY" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13c7401c3f932$fac94000$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> We are working toward synchronizing Active Directory
> Groups via LDAP to a document management product.
>
> One of the changes we need to make is to modify the
> attribute "ExtensionAttribute7=Value".
>
> How is this attribute field accessed? Can this be done
> manually through the AD interface, or is a script
> required?

The "Extension Attributes" map to "custom attributes" in exchange (5.5 or
2000), and shows up in one of the four Exchange-related account property
tabs in MMC. I do not recall if that tab shows up for exchange distribution
lists, but I am quite sure that it will not be present for security groups
not having an email address. I'd suggest you create some test groups of
different types and see if it shows up for any of them, i.e.:

 - a security group.
 - a distribution list.
 - a security group to which an email address has been added.

You might get what you need by converting your security groups to also be
distribution lists, however that may raise other incidental issues.

/Al

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