Not possible via GPO. 3 solutions come to mind, you can either roll your own provisioning system that enforces your rules and require the techs to use it, pre-create the accounts centrally with compliant names and just let them join them or buy a 3rd party solution that has logic/rules baked in like what Quest calls Business Rules in their Active Roles product.
From: Don Guyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Forced Computer Naming Convention Good Morning, The field techs have not been diligent with sticking to a systematic naming convention in the past. Is it possible to somehow force a naming convention onto computers joining the domain, using a GPO or something along those lines? We would like to force the name to begin with the regional location such as "phila-test-01". Thanks! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
