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We've got Office365 and AzureAD. One user is having some issues with his home folder. Name: John Döe Account: john.doe@mycompany.com
User signs in with his office365 account - john.doe@mycompany.com First time he signs in to the device it creates a home folder C:\Users\johndöe
With some application and repositories that require to work from within his home folder they have issues with encoding the folder name.
If I wish to ensure this doesn't happen in the future for more people. Where can I change the name of the user to ensure that the home folder is created without any special characters but still display his information correctly?
As in: C:\Users\johndoe - john.doe@mycompany.com - Display name: John Döe c:\Users\janedoe - jane.doe@mycompany.com - Display name: Jane Döe
Thanks in advance.
EDIT for some clarification: Office365 portal I can change "First name, Surname and Display name".
Should I change First name: John Surname: Döe Display name: John Doe
Or: First name: John Surname: Doe Display name: John Döe
duxck
Posted 2019-07-11T12:40:59.187
Reputation: 147
wouldn't you just use a standard character when the account is created? and have the display name have the special character as you've already depicted? if you change the name afterword, the original name is likely still going to be cached on the computer unless you reprofile them completely – mael' – 2019-07-11T12:43:49.890
@mael' I will wipe the device and let the user sign in from scratch again. So change Surname to Doe and have display name as Döe? – duxck – 2019-07-11T12:46:24.187
Does Azure AD have any equivalent to traditional AD "sAMAccountName"? – user1686 – 2019-07-11T12:50:13.653
that should do it, yes - it's going to cause issues sending mail to that address anyway if it has a special character and you're operating in an environment where that character is not common - so at the very least you want to add an alias with the standard/special character (whatever isn't used in the account name). – mael' – 2019-07-11T12:50:24.977
@mael' I had to change Display Name, first name and surname fields did nothing. The only required field for users in office365 admin panel is the display name. Feels odd to have such hard coupling within the office and azure platform. – duxck – 2019-08-01T08:35:40.383
wow yeah that’s pretty stupid – mael' – 2019-08-01T10:24:41.317