Picture in AD

Hello,
I am interested in adding a photo in the AD, I think that I have success
with a Poweshell code.

I complete the following fields:
jpegPhoto,
thumbnailPhoto,
thumbnailLogo

But i don't find a lot of explication:
What are the difference between the fields?
What are the "best" size, height, length, ... for the picture and for
all fields


And the may bay "stupid" question are how i can test if my picture are
correctly upload? i try to view in ad property of the user, i don't see
the any changing (except the field are completed with octal number).
I try with the adresse book and a search into AD, i don't see the
picture of the user.


i'm in windows 2008 all the level for AD are 2008


thanks for your help

Hello Eric,

For powershell better use one of this, even it is AD related:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...rshell/threads

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...gement/threads

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
> I am interested in adding a photo in the AD, I think that I have
> success
> with a Poweshell code.
> I complete the following fields:
> jpegPhoto,
> thumbnailPhoto,
> thumbnailLogo
> But i don't find a lot of explication:
> What are the difference between the fields?
> What are the "best" size, height, length, ... for the picture and
> for
> all fields
> And the may bay "stupid" question are how i can test if my picture are
> correctly upload? i try to view in ad property of the user, i don't
> see
> the any changing (except the field are completed with octal number).
> I try with the adresse book and a search into AD, i don't see the
> picture of the user.
> i'm in windows 2008 all the level for AD are 2008
>
> thanks for your help
>

Thanks for the link
but i thing it's for ad question not for poweshell question
i thing that i have the correct code

my question are on the size, height, ... of the picture and how a can
test (of use) it.

Eric

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] a écrit :
> Hello Eric,
>
> For powershell better use one of this, even it is AD related:
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...rshell/threads
>
>
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...gement/threads
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Hello,
>> I am interested in adding a photo in the AD, I think that I have
>> success
>> with a Poweshell code.
>> I complete the following fields:
>> jpegPhoto,
>> thumbnailPhoto,
>> thumbnailLogo
>> But i don't find a lot of explication:
>> What are the difference between the fields?
>> What are the "best" size, height, length, ... for the picture and
>> for
>> all fields
>> And the may bay "stupid" question are how i can test if my picture are
>> correctly upload? i try to view in ad property of the user, i don't
>> see
>> the any changing (except the field are completed with octal number).
>> I try with the adresse book and a search into AD, i don't see the
>> picture of the user.
>> i'm in windows 2008 all the level for AD are 2008
>>
>> thanks for your help
>>
>
>

Check out the AD schema documentation to find the lengths of the fields.
Look at the "rangeUpper" value.

Remember that the photo is just stored as a stream of bytes, so the
dimensions of the picture don't really matter, only the overall size of the
binary data. I can't remember which of the attributes allow you to use which
max sizes, but you'll find out.

Whatever you end up finding, I highly recommend you consider restricting
these to something small/thumbnail size as you will need to store and
replicate all that data. Be kind to your AD admins.

--
Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming"
http://www.directoryprogramming.net
"Eric Kosh" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks for the link
> but i thing it's for ad question not for poweshell question
> i thing that i have the correct code
>
> my question are on the size, height, ... of the picture and how a can test
> (of use) it.
>
> Eric
>
> Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] a écrit :
>> Hello Eric,
>>
>> For powershell better use one of this, even it is AD related:
>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...rshell/threads
>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...gement/threads
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I am interested in adding a photo in the AD, I think that I have
>>> success
>>> with a Poweshell code.
>>> I complete the following fields:
>>> jpegPhoto,
>>> thumbnailPhoto,
>>> thumbnailLogo
>>> But i don't find a lot of explication:
>>> What are the difference between the fields?
>>> What are the "best" size, height, length, ... for the picture and
>>> for
>>> all fields
>>> And the may bay "stupid" question are how i can test if my picture are
>>> correctly upload? i try to view in ad property of the user, i don't
>>> see
>>> the any changing (except the field are completed with octal number).
>>> I try with the adresse book and a search into AD, i don't see the
>>> picture of the user.
>>> i'm in windows 2008 all the level for AD are 2008
>>>
>>> thanks for your help
>>>
>>

Be careful for what you wish for. If you have remotre sites with slow links
and you have to replicate a lot of photos you could sap your bandwidth. I
would really think hard befoer doing this. If this is a true need for the
management of your Directory Services or if this is something that is nice
(fun) to have.

--
Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT4
Microsoft's Thrive IT Pro of the Month - June 2009

http://www.pbbergs.com

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"Eric Kosh" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
> I am interested in adding a photo in the AD, I think that I have success
> with a Poweshell code.
>
> I complete the following fields:
> jpegPhoto,
> thumbnailPhoto,
> thumbnailLogo
>
> But i don't find a lot of explication:
> What are the difference between the fields?
> What are the "best" size, height, length, ... for the picture and for all
> fields
>
>
> And the may bay "stupid" question are how i can test if my picture are
> correctly upload? i try to view in ad property of the user, i don't see
> the any changing (except the field are completed with octal number).
> I try with the adresse book and a search into AD, i don't see the picture
> of the user.
>
>
> i'm in windows 2008 all the level for AD are 2008
>
>
> thanks for your help