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Asked: 2026-05-12T14:11:45+00:00

Apologies for not knowing the right way to phrase this question. Given a domain

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Apologies for not knowing the right way to phrase this question.

Given a domain name and an alias, for example CONTOSO\steveh how can I get the friendly display name for that alias? For example, in Outlook email sent to CONTOSO\steveh appears as ‘Steve Holt’?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you are using .net 3.5, add references to System.DirectoryServices and System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement and try this:

            PrincipalContext c = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain,"CONTOSO");
        UserPrincipal principal = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(c,"steveh");
        Console.WriteLine(principal.DisplayName);

    I can’t verify if it works for a domain since I’m running on a standalone machine but it should help you get started.

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