Create username from multiple first and last names

Question

Good Morning,

I'm trying to think of a way to set the username of some of our users who have multiple first and last names. For example, Juan Carlos De Vega. The first name would be Juan Carlos and the last name De Vega. Is there any script people are using that would take a first letter of the very first name and last 7 of the very last name?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

Answer 1

Hello,

You can use the BuildUsername function provided in our Script Repository: http://www.adaxes.com/script-repository ... y-s191.htm.

The code to use the 1st character of the first name and last 7 characters of the last word in last name would be as follows:

# TODO insert the BuildUsername function from the repository here

# Get last word of surname
$lastnameAsArray = "%lastname%".Split(" ")
$lastWordIndex = $lastnameAsArray.Length - 1
$lastnameLastWord = $($lastnameAsArray[$lastWordIndex]).Trim()

# Build username
$samAccountName = BuildUsername ("%givenName%", 1, "Beginning") ($lastnameLastWord, 7, "End")

# Update samAccountName
$Context.SetModifiedPropertyValue("samAccountName", $samAccountName)

# Update userPrincipalName
$userPrincipalName = $samAccountName + "@" + `
    $Context.GetObjectDomain("%distinguishedName%")

$Context.SetModifiedPropertyValue("userPrincipalName", $userPrincipalName)