PIM Manager settings · Settings > Admin name prefixes & environment suffixes
Prefix by admin type
| Key | NamingConventions.AdminTypePrefixes |
|---|---|
| Where | Settings > Admin name prefixes & environment suffixes |
| Type | Map (one value per item) |
| Default | internal-adminuser: none, external-adminuser: x-, external-guest: none |
| Feature | Naming that matches your organization · Community, Pro Business, Pro Enterprise, Pro MSP |
What it does
One prefix per admin type (internal admin, external admin / consultant, guest). The prefix fills the {AdminTypePrefix} token in the admin account patterns, so an external admin can be named x-admin-abc-id while an internal one is admin-abc-id. A prefix may itself contain tokens, e.g. adm-{TenantCommonName}-.
When set
When set: every admin account name generated from now on (Create admin wizard, CSV import, central admin script, on-premises AD names) uses the new prefix for that admin type. PIM Manager also uses the prefixes to recognise admin accounts and to check that admin rows match your convention (a warning, not a block).
When blank or default
When blank / at the default: internal admins and guests get no prefix, external admins get x-. A row that does not name an admin type uses the type set in AdminTypeDefault.
Risk and how to reverse it
Existing accounts are never renamed -- the engine works from the user name stored on each admin row. After a change, older rows can show naming warnings, and recognition of admin accounts widens to include the new prefix. Reversible: put the old value back and save; nothing in your tenant changes.
Requires
SuperAdmin in PIM Manager to change it. Free (Community). Works together with the admin account patterns (it only appears in a name where a pattern contains {AdminTypePrefix}) and AdminTypeDefault.
Recommended
Keep the shipped prefixes unless your organisation already has its own convention -- set it once, before you create the first admins, so every account follows one convention.
Related settings
- Admin account domain AdminAccountUpnSuffix
- Suffix by environment NamingConventions.EnvironmentSuffixes
- Service names NamingConventions.ServiceNames
- Admin word NamingConventions.AdminWord
- Tenant common name NamingConventions.TenantCommonName
- AdminAccountPattern (admin account name) NamingConventions.AdminAccountPattern
- AdminAccountPatternHighPriv (high-privilege admin name) NamingConventions.AdminAccountPatternHighPriv
- AdminAccountDisplayNameSuffix (admin display name) NamingConventions.AdminAccountDisplayNameSuffix
- AdminAccountPatterns (how admin accounts are recognised) NamingConventions.AdminAccountPatterns
- AdminTypeDefault NamingConventions.AdminTypeDefault
- EnvironmentDefault NamingConventions.EnvironmentDefault
- ResourceGroupPattern (permission group name) NamingConventions.ResourceGroupPattern
Documented for PIM Manager 3.0.70. Written by the PIM Manager team; Invardia publishes it. · All settings · Security review pack