During my work as a system engineer I often come across situations, where I need to have an easy overview of an ActiveDirectories attribute names. To be a bit more independent of other sites, I decided to start with mirroring an attribute list from the MS KB.
Optional Attributes
| accountExpires | Value:9223372036854775807 |
| cn (Container) | Value:Nirmal |
| codePage | Value:0 |
| countryCode | Value:536 |
| displayName | Value:Display Name |
| distinguishedName | Value:CN=nirmal,CN=Users,DC=test,DC=local |
| instanceType | Value:4 |
| name | Value:nirmal |
| objectCategory | Value:CN=Person,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC |
| uSNChanged | Value:50203 |
| uSNCreated | Value:13920 |
| whenChanged | Value:2022552554552 |
| whenCreated | Value:2022554588585 |
| logonHours | Value::///////////////////////////// |
| userAccountControl | Value:524802 |
Required Attributes
| dn | Value:CN=nirmal,CN=Users,DC=test,DC=local |
| objectClass | Value:User |
| sAMAccountName | Value:SAMLNAME |
Attributes that can’t be imported into AD
| badPasswordTime | Value:1 |
| badPwdCount | Value:1 |
| lastLogoff | Value:0932479234902343 |
| lastLogon | Value:12924723489374737 |
| logonCount | Value:0 |
| primaryGroupID | Value:513 |
| pwdLastSet | Value:0 |
| sAMAccountType | Value:805306368 |
| objectGUID | Value::QT2p48fufjweue839384ufufj/A== |
| objectSid | Value:: |
| memberOf | Value:CN=Domain Admins, |
Other
| department | Value:GIS |
| co (Country Name) | Value:India |
| comment | |
| company | Value:Computer Sciences Corporation |
| description | Value:Description Field Cost Centre |
| directReports | |
| lastLogonTimestamp | |
| adminCount | Value:1 |
| ADsPath | |
| c (2 digit country) | Value:IN |
| dSCorePropagationData | |
| facsimileTelephoneNumber | |
| givenName | |
| homeDirectory | Value:\\amppfilerp01\hthrmg$ |
| homeDrive | Value:H:\ |
| homePhone | |
| info (Phone notes) | |
| initials | Value:INT |
| ipPhone | |
| isCriticalSystemObject | |
| l (City) | Value:City Field |
| userCertificate | |
| userParameters | |
| userPrincipalName | Value:LogonName@test.local |
| userWorkstations | |
| wWWHomePage | Value:Web Page Field |
| Value:Emailss@sss.com | |
| manager | |
| CN=Users,DC=Local,DC=C | |
| mobile | |
| msNPAllowDialin | Value:FALSE |
| AQUQISJFAAAAAUISIRK@#!$KGFJG(#JFJDJSjs | |
| otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber | |
| otherHomePhone | |
| otherIpPhone | |
| profilePath | Value:\\tqchain2k3pc\profiles\nirmal |
| otherMobile | |
| otherPager | |
| otherTelephone | |
| pager | |
| physicalDeliveryOfficeName | Value:Office Name |
| postalCode | Value:Zip Code |
| postOfficeBox | Value:Post Office Box |
| scriptPath | Value:qchain.vbs |
| servicePrincipalName | |
| showInAdvancedViewOnly | |
| sn (Surname) | Value:Last Name Field |
| st (2 digit State / Province) | |
| streetAddress | |
| telephoneNumber | |
| title | |
| url |
Taken from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555638
Further informations: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257218
Information on ActiveDirectory attribute time/date conversion: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555936