We have a number of users whose original AD login names were set up as 'first name' only (i.e. Tom). We have since standardized on all user names being 'first initial, last name' (i.e. TSmith).
If I were to change the user login accounts to 'first initial, last name', what potential side effects would this have on . Or is the logon name tied to the UID such that AD would simply automatically show any resources/folders that had DOMAIN\firstname applied to them, now as DOMAIN\firstinitiallastname?
Also, how does a domain profile on Windows 7 get affected? If the user then logs onto Windows 7 with their new login name, would Windows 7 prepare a whole new desktop for that username, or is Windows 7 smart enough to associate the modified logon name, with the desktop profile of that same UID's previous logon name, so that their desktop doesn't change?