yep 1024 is what i got
Jean-Paul Natola > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Max size of "Notes" field in AD? > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 17:51:43 +0000 > > Looks like 1024 characters. > > DAMIEN SOLODOW > Systems Engineer > 317.447.6033 (office) > 317.447.6014 (fax) > HARRISON COLLEGE > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael Leone > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 1:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Max size of "Notes" field in AD? > > Does anyone know what the limit to the size of the "Notes" field in AD? I > can't seem to search up a limit. > > Here's why I ask - we've (the IT dept) have been told that we need to keep > track of changes to user accounts (added to groups, removed, etc). We said we > need an auditing utility to properly do that. It was suggested that we could > use the "Notes" field in AD to do that - add an entry for every user change. > Mind you, we mostly already do that, or try to; it is a easy, cheap sort of > audit log. > > Now, you know, I know, even my boss knows, that this is not the ideal way to > do this. But he needs some specifics as to why we'd rather not do this. I can > see that, for a long term employee, there's going to be a whole lot of > information in that field over the years - if a user belongs to a dozen > groups, and moves from site to site so their home profile changes, etc. Not > to mention, making reports out of this would be a pain. I could probably > cobble something together using Powershell, to extract out info. > > Anyways - is there a limit to the size of this field? If so, what is it? > > (I hope to come back and ask for advice about audit tracking ... but for > right now, the boss says he needs to know this limit, so I'm asking ...) > > > >
