Active Directory User properties – General tab
The general tab of the user properties window allows you to configure the basic details such as name and contact details for a user. The values for the name fields are very important as they make up the value for mandatory attribute cn. (The combination of the values in the 3 name fields makes up the value for cn. In the example given below the cn will be Isabella E Swan.)

Label | LDAP Name | Example as in the figure |
First name | givenName | Isabella |
Last name | Surname | Swan |
Display name | displayName | Isabella.e.swan |
Initials | initials | E |
Description | description | Temporary |
Office | physicalDeliveryOfficeName | Symantec |
Telephone number | telephoneNumber | 9159917893 |
Others (other telephone numbers) | OtherTelephone | 9994327893 |
e-mail | mail | Bella |
Web page | wWWHomePage | Bellabingo.com |
Others (other web pages) | url | Bellaeswanblog.com |
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