Renaming a user account by using XML

Use the RenameUser procedure of the Managed Active Directory namespace to rename a user.

This procedure expects to be called with impersonate="1". The procedure impersonates the caller.

Example of a request that calls the RenameUser procedure

<request>
  <procedure>
	<execute namespace="Managed Active Directory" procedure="RenameUser">
	<executeData>
		<user>LDAP://CN=upnMyUser1,OU=Reseller1,OU=Hosting,DC=contoso,
			DC =com</user>
		<newName>myUser1NewName</newName>
		<preferredDomainController>myPrimaryDC.contoso.com</preferredDomainController>
	</executeData>
	<after source="executeData" sourcePath="path" destination="data"
			mode="insert" />
	</execute>
  </procedure>
</request>

Input for RenameUser

The following input is valid for this request:

LDAP path of the user
Use the <user> element to specify the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the user.
```
<user>LDAP://LDAP path of the user</user>
```
New user name
Use the <newName> element to specify the new name for the user.
```
<newName>new name for the user</newName>
```
Preferred domain controller (optional)
By using the <preferredDomainController> element, you can specify the domain controller that you want to use for this request. Using a single preferred domain controller eliminates replication delays that arise between multiple controllers.

This information is optional.
```
<preferredDomainController>your domain controller</preferredDomainController>
```

Typical response for RenameUser

This procedure returns the new LDAP of the user in <path>.

<response>
  <data>
	<path>LDAP://cn=myUser1NewName,OU=Reseller1,OU=Hosting,DC=contoso,DC=com</path>
  </data>
</response>

Important

Although Active Directory is not case sensitive for elements such as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path, XML is case sensitive. To ensure that the procedure executes appropriately, specify all tags, elements, and data using uppercase and lowercase letters exactly as shown in the XML examples. For additional guidelines on how to use XML, see the Microsoft Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/).