Custom Attributes tab missing from Active Directory
Sometimes I need give a user a certain value in the ”Custom Attributes” field in
Active Directory, since we don’t have a Exchange server anymore (all mails are moved to Microsoft BPOS),
the ”Exchange Advanced” tab are not visible anymore when a new user is created in our A.D.
The ”Exchange Advanced” tab holds the ”Custom Attributes”.
Here is a screen-shot with the tab:
And without the Exchange Advanced / Custom Attribute tab
There is serveral “work-a-rounds” to solve this, the easiest I found is to use a Microsoft product called “ADSI Edit ” (adsiedit.msc)
see :
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773354%28WS.10%29.aspx
or download it from (Win2003 server SP-2
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?DisplayLang=en&id=15326
Be sure to download both files (support.cab & suptools.msi)
Once installed , the program can be found :
c:\Program Files\Support Tools\adsiedit.msc
When started find the user you whoms Custom Attributes you want change
Right click at the user and choose ”Properties”
and you can scroll down to the ”ExtensionAttributeXX” and press “Edit” to change it.
