Hello Community, I’m working on an Active Directory source, and I need to handle a use case where the CN (and therefore the DN) of an account must be updated whenever an identity’s firstname or lastname changes. I understand that AC_NewName can be used to rename the CN and AC_NewParent to move the…

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I have had great luck with multiple clients leveraging the Services Standard Before Provisioning Rule . Using configuration patterns to accomplish the name change as well as other common AD behaviors. It can also be leveraged with some other connectors, but a number of the functions are for AD. …

Hi @torry_salamat From what I know, some people have successfully used a Provisioning Policy of UPDATE usage type, to set the AC_NewName attribute. However, from https://community.sailpoint.com/t5/Identity-Security-Cloud-Wiki/Best-Practices-Active-Directory-Account-Moves/ta-p/189661: It is not re…

We have never successfully implemented the automation of what you are asking. Changing those values - in all my installs - have involved CN, sAMAccountName, UPN, email, etc Its generally a low usage case and ultimately easier to do as a manual intervention

CN Change in Active Directory Without Cloud Rule

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CN Change in Active Directory Without Cloud Rule

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