User name change
I have a user who recently got married. She put in a request to have her last name changed in the GAL. Now she is complaining because others can't search and see her old name. Is there a way to have both names pop up when other users search? Thanks!
May 8th, 2012 11:47am

Only with two accounts. The old account would need to forward to the new account. Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.
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May 8th, 2012 1:35pm

No because the ANR (ambiguous name resoluton) for GAL will only search the pre-defined attributes, alias, first name, last name and primary SMTP only. You can add the old name as a custom exchange attribute then add this attribute to be searchable via ANR in the schema but would seem like over kill.James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com
May 8th, 2012 1:41pm

Thanks guys. I figured that was the case, but I wanted to confirm.
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May 8th, 2012 2:11pm

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