How can I tell if msDS-PrincipalName attribute is populated

Products

• CASB Security Standard
• CASB Security Premium
• CASB Security Advanced
• CASB Audit
• CASB Gateway
• CASB Gateway Advanced
• CASB Securlet SAAS

Issue/Introduction

During SpanVA installation it is possible to specify what attribute is used as Secondary ID for directory sync (DSS) imported users.  

msDS-PrincipalName is the default attribute for SecondaryID and needs to have valid data.

Resolution

1. Login to Active Directory server
    
2. Open "Active Directory Users and Computers"
    
3. Right click a user and click on "Properties"
   
   
    
4. Go to the Attribute Editor tab
   
   
    
5. Click the Filter button and check "Show only attributes that have values" and "Constructed"
   
   
    
6. Find msDS-PrincipalName in alphabetical order and verify the data it is populated with.  If it is not displayed then it does not have a value assigned to it
   msDS-PrincipalName  EXAMPLE\USER
   
   

Additional Information

Example of a Secondary User ID synced to CloudSOC via SpanVA DSS (Domain is EXAMPLE)