Active Directory LDAP Field Mappings

This page provides a mapping of common Active Directory fields to its LDAP attribute name. 

When using Active Directory users and computers you will see the Microsoft provided friendly names. Under the hood of Active Directory these fields are actually using an ldap attribute. You can see the ldap attribute name in the attribute editor. 

When working with scripts or creating a program you will need to use the ldap attribute name. 

This page provides a visual reference of the ldap field mappings in Active Directory. In addition, I created a table view for a quick reference. 

General Tab

Address Tab

Account Tab

Profile Tab

Telephones Tab

Organization Tab

LDAP Mappings Table View

TAB	Active Directory Field	LDAP Attribute
General	First Name	givenName
General	Initials	initials
General	Last name	sn
General	Display name	displayName
General	Description	description
General	Office	telephoneNumber
General	Telephone number	telephoneNumber
General	E-mail	mail
General	Web page	wWWHomePage
Address	Street	streetAddress
Address	P.O Box	postOfficeBox
Address	City	l
Address	State/province	St
Address	Zip/Postal Code	postalCode
Address	County/region	co
Account	User logon name	userPrincipalName
Account	user logon name (pre-Windows 200)	sAMAccountName
Profile	Profile path	profilePath
Profile	Logon script	scriptPath
Profile	Local path	homeDirectory
Profile	Connect	homeDrive
Telephones	Home	homePhone
Telephones	Pager	pager
Telephones	Mobile	Mobile
Telephones	Fax	facsimileTelephoneNumber
Telephones	IP Phone	ipPhone
Organization	Job Title	title
Organization	Department	department
Organization	Company	company
Organization	Manager	manager
Organization	Direct Reports	directreports