User Name Policies - Modifying invalid characters

Hi All,
Normally when we creating usernames in Active Directory we can not use special characters like " / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ?
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But underscore character is allowed in usernames. Is there a way of disallowing using of underscore character in the username in the Active Directory?
Thanks.

Hi,
More reading on requirements/limitations when Creating objects can be found on
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11216.active-directory-requirements-for-creating-objects.aspx
In your specific case where you want to prevent users from being created with the character "_" in their username. The eaisest way of doing that would be to use a software other then AD users and computers/other standard Tools to create the users.
By using custom Tools you could dictate your own rules about how your usernames should be created and eventual disallowed characters.
There are of course lots and lots of IDM-Tools that will do this for you, and if you'd like to start small I'd suggest you have a look at TechNet gallery
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=RootCategory&f%5B0%5D.Value=activedirectory&f%5B0%5D.Text=Active%20Directory&f%5B1%5D.Type=SubCategory&f%5B1%5D.Value=useraccounts&f%5B1%5D.Text=User%20Accounts for
Active directory user Creation scripts.
Hope this helps you!
/Johan
Microsoft Certified Trainer
MCSE: Desktop, Server, Private Cloud, Messaging
Blog: http://365lab.net

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