SMS 2.0 character limits on user and group accounts (271149)

MORE INFORMATION

SMS 2.0 limits how many characters you can use in the naming scheme of SMS users and groups and may prevent SMS from using the maximum character limit that is defined by the operating system.

The following table lists the character-length limits by operating system for the various SMS accounts and groups that you can define in the SMS Administrator console. This table applies when you use the SMS Administrator console on a Windows NT 4.0-based computer or on a Windows 2000-based computer that is using Active Directory.

The following table lists the character-length limits in SMS 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2). These limitations were improved in later versions of SMS 2.0. Make sure that your site is running the latest SMS 2.0 service pack.

For additional information about how to obtain the latest SMS 2.0 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

	Windows NT 4.0	Windows 2000
Operating system limits
Global groups	20	64
Local groups	256	64
User accounts	20	64
SMS Administrator console: Permitted viewers for remote tools character length limits
Global groups	20	36
Local groups	36	36
User accounts	20	36
SMS Administrator console: Security rights character limits
Global groups	20	20
Local groups	20	20
User accounts	20	20
SMS Administrator console: All other SMS account length restrictions
Remote installation account	31	31
Client connection accounts	31	31
Address accounts	31	31