Remember UPN
Full name: User Principal Name
Memory aid: User Principal has a Name that often resembles email.
A UPN can differ from the user's email address.
Study area: Identity & access · Batch 8
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · ISC2 SSCP · Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals SC-900 · Identity and Access Administrator SC-300 · ISC2 CC · Cybersecurity Architect SC-100
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UPN — User Principal Name
Names an account using a user-and-suffix style identity in supported directories.
Why learn UPN — User Principal Name?
Names an account using a user-and-suffix style identity in supported directories.
Where it came from
A UPN can differ from the user's email address.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): User Principal has a Name that often resembles email.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand UPN: User Principal Name.
- Recall this memory aid: User Principal has a Name that often resembles email.
- Explain the practical use: Names an account using a user-and-suffix style identity in supported directories.
- Explain this distinction: A UPN can differ from the user's email address.
- Identify UPN in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Microsoft Windows authorization documentation (learn.microsoft.com)