The name of the object in canonical format. myserver2.fabrikam.com/users/jeffsmith is an example of a distinguished name in canonical format. This is a constructed attribute. The results returned are identical to those returned by the following Active Directory function: DsCrackNames(NULL, DS_NAME_FLAG_SYNTACTICAL_ONLY, DS_FQDN_1779_NAME, DS_CANONICAL_NAME, ...).
For more information about name formats, see DsCrackNames.
| Entry | 
Value | 
| CN | 
Canonical-Name | 
| Ldap-Display-Name | 
canonicalName | 
| Size | 
- | 
| Update Privilege | 
- | 
| Update Frequency | 
- | 
| Attribute-Id | 
1.2.840.113556.1.4.916 | 
| System-Id-Guid | 
9a7ad945-ca53-11d1-bbd0-0080c76670c0 | 
| Syntax | 
String(Unicode) | 
Implementations
Windows 2000 Server
| Entry | 
Value | 
| Link-Id | 
- | 
| MAPI-Id | 
- | 
| System-Only | 
True | 
| Is-Single-Valued | 
False | 
| Is Indexed | 
False | 
| In Global Catalog | 
False | 
| NT-Security-Descriptor | 
O:BAG:BAD:S: | 
| Range-Lower | 
- | 
| Range-Upper | 
- | 
| Search-Flags | 
0x00000000 | 
| System-Flags | 
0x08000014 | 
| Classes used in | 
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Windows Server 2003
| Entry | 
Value | 
| Link-Id | 
- | 
| MAPI-Id | 
- | 
| System-Only | 
True | 
| Is-Single-Valued | 
False | 
| Is Indexed | 
False | 
| In Global Catalog | 
False | 
| NT-Security-Descriptor | 
O:BAG:BAD:S: | 
| Range-Lower | 
- | 
| Range-Upper | 
- | 
| Search-Flags | 
0x00000000 | 
| System-Flags | 
0x08000014 | 
| Classes used in | 
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ADAM
| Entry | 
Value | 
| Link-Id | 
- | 
| MAPI-Id | 
- | 
| System-Only | 
True | 
| Is-Single-Valued | 
False | 
| Is Indexed | 
False | 
| In Global Catalog | 
False | 
| NT-Security-Descriptor | 
O:BAG:BAD:S: | 
| Range-Lower | 
- | 
| Range-Upper | 
- | 
| Search-Flags | 
0x00000000 | 
| System-Flags | 
0x08000014 | 
| Classes used in | 
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Windows Server 2003 R2
| Entry | 
Value | 
| Link-Id | 
- | 
| MAPI-Id | 
- | 
| System-Only | 
True | 
| Is-Single-Valued | 
False | 
| Is Indexed | 
False | 
| In Global Catalog | 
False | 
| NT-Security-Descriptor | 
O:BAG:BAD:S: | 
| Range-Lower | 
- | 
| Range-Upper | 
- | 
| Search-Flags | 
0x00000000 | 
| System-Flags | 
0x08000014 | 
| Classes used in | 
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Windows Server 2008
| Entry | 
Value | 
| Link-Id | 
- | 
| MAPI-Id | 
- | 
| System-Only | 
True | 
| Is-Single-Valued | 
False | 
| Is Indexed | 
False | 
| In Global Catalog | 
False | 
| NT-Security-Descriptor | 
O:BAG:BAD:S: | 
| Range-Lower | 
- | 
| Range-Upper | 
- | 
| Search-Flags | 
0x00000000 | 
| System-Flags | 
0x08000014 | 
| Classes used in | 
Top
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Windows Server 2008 R2
| Entry | 
Value | 
| Link-Id | 
- | 
| MAPI-Id | 
- | 
| System-Only | 
True | 
| Is-Single-Valued | 
False | 
| Is Indexed | 
False | 
| In Global Catalog | 
False | 
| NT-Security-Descriptor | 
O:BAG:BAD:S: | 
| Range-Lower | 
- | 
| Range-Upper | 
- | 
| Search-Flags | 
0x00000000 | 
| System-Flags | 
0x08000014 | 
| Classes used in | 
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Windows Server 2012
| Entry | 
Value | 
| Link-Id | 
- | 
| MAPI-Id | 
- | 
| System-Only | 
True | 
| Is-Single-Valued | 
False | 
| Is Indexed | 
False | 
| In Global Catalog | 
False | 
| NT-Security-Descriptor | 
O:BAG:BAD:S: | 
| Range-Lower | 
- | 
| Range-Upper | 
- | 
| Search-Flags | 
0x00000000 | 
| System-Flags | 
0x08000014 | 
| Classes used in | 
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