Hi all.
Coming to this forum seeking for an advice.
Management wants to swap email format for ~900 users
Current:
doe.john@example.com
Needed:
jonh.doe@example.com.
In fact, we have a lot of LDAP authentication in different places where username change will trigger huge changes in the end systems that will be a disaster.
Main concerns why the format should be changed:
1) It looks more polite to have firstname to appear first - not too critical no mitigate with management.
2) Search in address book.
Currently, address book will not make a search by firstname unless you switch to 'More columns' that is inconvenient. We need to search by firstname as it is more common to remember people by name, not last name.
Current problem is in the picture: to find Yarith I need to know the lastname, search doesn't see Yarith.
What are the harmful ways out?
Will upgrade to Exchange 2010 or 2013 help somehow? Aliases? Outlook customization?
Thanks.
Coming to this forum seeking for an advice.
Management wants to swap email format for ~900 users
Current:
doe.john@example.com
Needed:
jonh.doe@example.com.
In fact, we have a lot of LDAP authentication in different places where username change will trigger huge changes in the end systems that will be a disaster.
Main concerns why the format should be changed:
1) It looks more polite to have firstname to appear first - not too critical no mitigate with management.
2) Search in address book.
Currently, address book will not make a search by firstname unless you switch to 'More columns' that is inconvenient. We need to search by firstname as it is more common to remember people by name, not last name.
Current problem is in the picture: to find Yarith I need to know the lastname, search doesn't see Yarith.
What are the harmful ways out?
Will upgrade to Exchange 2010 or 2013 help somehow? Aliases? Outlook customization?
Thanks.