User Naming Convention

[jaroslaw]

Just wondering what is working for everyone for user naming conventions in AD. We are building a new AD and want to avoid duplicates but yet something that is not too long or complicated. Was thinking first 4 chars of first name followed by first four chars of last name.

[Sylv3r]

We use year of entry,surname,.,initial

 

12Smith.J if we get another J Smith then they use 12Smith.John etc. Touch wood, we haven't had any students with the same name in same year group yet!

[bossman]

@jaroslaw:

 

We use first 2 characters of firstname followed by the total of first name and surname characters in numbers followed by first 2 characters of surname then a random number.

 

Example - John Smith = jo45sm23

 

We have had no issues with this over the past 3 years when we introduced it.

[elsiegee40]

We use year of entry, forename, first letter of surname

 

Eg 12alexf

 

In the year we had both Alex Richards and Alex Rhodes, we ended up with 2 letters of surname.

12 alexri and 12alexrh

[plexer]

year of entry + initial + surname i.e 12jbloggs

 

I have a spreadsheet to work out the username based on their year and wether I'm entering it before or after september this then creates a csv for import via dovestones bulk users tool.

 

Ben

[FN-GM]

Our students have numbers. Each year group has its wont prefix. That way if a student name changes the username doesn't

[3s-gtech]

We use a colour per year, and a number. That way it's simple, not tied to a changeable name, and contains no personally identifiable information. Takes them a few weeks to remember when they start though!

[Jonah]

2 digit year of entry - initials - number.

 

Joe Bloggs - 12JB01

John Bloggs - 12JB02

[mavhc]

Year of birth, first name, surname initial, optional number, my script does it all for me. 99JoeB, 99JoeB1

[Steve21]

Year, Surname, Initial e.g. 12SmithJ

 

Duplicates get a 2 on the end automatically as setup during bulk process.

 

Steve

[timbo343]

Students:

{YearOfEntry}{FirstName}.{Surname}

 

Staff:

{Surname}{FirstTwoLettersOfFirstName}

 

No duplicates for me since setting that up.

[unixman_again]

We just use the student number, which is the year of entry followed by a four digit number 0001-9999. Staff follow the same procedure but the year is replaced with the initials of the school. No chance of duplicates at all.

[pantscat]

For teaching staff we use their three letter (initials usually) teaching code as per SIMS.net.

For support staff we use initial.surname.

For students we use surname.first-two-letters-of-preferred-name

 

No issues here...

[mavhc]

We just use the student number, which is the year of entry followed by a four digit number 0001-9999. Staff follow the same procedure but the year is replaced with the initials of the school. No chance of duplicates at all.

 

I am not a number! I wish we could do this, but I'd end up having to tattoo barcodes on their arms, and that has bad connotations

[british_government]

We use yearof entry first initial surname,

for example Joe Bloggs this year was 12JBloggs duplicates just get a number on the end, not elegant but they have full name is display name and home folder path so it is obvious if they use the wrong account on a duplicate, which has happened once in our current 7 year groups of 150+

[EvLPhenom]

We use year of entry + house initial + last 4 digits of admission number (for students)

[british_government]

We nearly used something related to house, turns out the students change every 5 minutes anyway!

[EvLPhenom]

We nearly used something related to house, turns out the students change every 5 minutes anyway!

 

Well thats not helpful lol. Our houses change when they get to sixth form, but the user names stay the same and after 5 years of using them they shouldn't be easy to forget, at least we hope so anyway!

[unixman_again]

I am not a number! I wish we could do this, but I'd end up having to tattoo barcodes on their arms, and that has bad connotations

It makes taking the register very simple though. All you need is a scanner and bip, beep, job done. Well, until it says "Unexpected student in the bagging area."

[andyturpie]

For pupils, we use their SIMS enrollment number. Staff we use three letters from their name first letter of first name, first two of surname (no clashes as yet!)

[Mcom]

We use {Firstname}{Lastname}{Year} for students

 

JoeBloggs12

 

Staff {Firstname}{Lastname}

 

Never had any duplicates.

[ADMaster]

I use last name first initial last for of student ID

John Smith ID# 268934

smithj8934

 

My script handles this for me too.

 

I have not had a duplicate with students yet.

 

I try to keep staff first name underscore last initial

 

John_s

 

I have had a few duplicates here and either add a second letter or spell it out depending on user's preference / length of their name.

[atamakosi]

surname, first initial. if already taken add the next number in sequence.

 

john smith:

smithj becomes smithj2

 

i've set our student management system to do this for me so that when it receives the enrolment data it creates an account for the student. it ensures there are no duplicates. its not lazy, its being efficient!

[british_government]

 

i've set our student management system to do this for me so that when it receives the enrolment data it creates an account for the student. it ensures there are no duplicates. its not lazy, its being efficient!

 

Hey, I wrote an entire piece of user management software which links into sims, user accounts are automatically created and disabled for students as they are taken on and off role, same for staff. It took about 3 weeks of my time to code but now its running we never have the "has a user account been setup" worry again. Also creates home folders and sets ownership and permissions, and moves home folders of users who have left

[Earthling]

We use YearofEntrySurnameFirstInitial for students, and SurnameFirstInitial for staff.

 

In case of clash we use the first two letters of the given name, so Jane Smith is SmithJ, Julian Smith is SmithJU etc.