Value Reference to netbios name of a user

Question

Hello,

I don't find an attribute for the netbios name of managed Domains like adm-DomainDN? How can I add the NetBios name to a report like "All users"?

regards Helmut

Comments

Hello Helmut,

If you need to add the domain (e.g. company.com) to the report, you need to use the Domain column. The column should be added to the default columns list. If this is not what you need, please, provide all the possible details regarding the desired report with live examples.

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Hello,

this will give us the DNS name of the domain. What I asked was the NetBIOS name of a domain or object. In powershell, I can query it with following sample code (but only for the current Computer or User):

(Get-ADDomain).NetBIOSName
(Get-ADDomain -Current LocalComputer).NetBIOSName
(Get-ADDomain -Current LoggedOnUser).NetBIOSName

In some of our managed Domains, DNS and NetBIOS names are slightly different like:

DNS: company.com NetBIOS: COMP

regards Helmut

Answer 1

Hello Helmut,

Thank you for clarifying. You can add the value to the report using custom column and a PowerShell script. To do so:

1. Launch Adaxes Administration console.
2. In the Console Tree, expand your service node.
3. Navigate to Reports\All Reports\Users and right-click the All users report.
4. In the context menu, click Edit.
5. Activate the Columns tab.
6. In the Report-specific columns section, click Add.
7. Specify a column name.
8. Select the Text type and click Next.
9. Paste the below script into the Script field.

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

$domain = Get-ADDomain -Identity "%adm-DomainDN%"
$Context.Value = $domain.NetBIOSName

10. Click Finish and then click OK.

For the script to work, you will need to install the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module on the computer where Adaxes service runs. If you have multiple instances of Adaxes service sharing common configuration, install the module on each of the computers.