Hi, and excuse my cross posting here, I have been asked to look into a
staff directory with pictures based on the internal address list. Staff
details such as phone number, position etc are all stored in Exchange
but do not have pictures.

Any solutions out there or should I be considering writing a web app
using WebDav, LDAP or ADSI and Exchange?

tia

W

- Written web-app for this in the past, employeeID/eid attribute populated
with employee ID, names of JPG files based on employeeID make it easier to
pick up the correct picture from a file share based on the AD attribute
- You can load binary objects like pictures into AD but isn't really
recommended, not very tried and therefore not a lot of usage scenarios/best
practices/sizing guidelines/replication impact/environment impact, etc.
available
- Take a look at Exclaimer AD Pictures and other such third-party stuff:
http://www.exclaimer.com/adpictures.aspx

--
Bharat Suneja
MVP - Exchange
www.zenprise.com
NEW blog location:
exchangepedia.com/blog
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"William Hamilton" wrote in message
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Hi, and excuse my cross posting here, I have been asked to look into a
staff directory with pictures based on the internal address list. Staff
details such as phone number, position etc are all stored in Exchange but
do not have pictures.

Any solutions out there or should I be considering writing a web app using
WebDav, LDAP or ADSI and Exchange?

tia

W

Bharat Suneja [MVP] wrote:
- Written web-app for this in the past, employeeID/eid attribute
populated with employee ID, names of JPG files based on employeeID make
it easier to pick up the correct picture from a file share based on the
AD attribute
- You can load binary objects like pictures into AD but isn't really
recommended, not very tried and therefore not a lot of usage
scenarios/best practices/sizing guidelines/replication
impact/environment impact, etc. available
- Take a look at Exclaimer AD Pictures and other such third-party stuff:
http://www.exclaimer.com/adpictures.aspx

Thanks Bharat, I found the Exclaimer product but was turned down as a
bit expensive so it looks like it will be a one off web app along the
lines of what you describe. Is the base code for this app available
online or is it something you wrote for a client only?

cheers

W

Something I wrote for my then employer... probably not worth scrubbing all
the proprietary info out, and I don't fancy myself as a web developer...

... email me offline and I'll see if I can find it/can be scrubbed.

Also, if you look around on the web I'm fairly positive you'll see some
stuff posted, which was my starting point. (Can't quite remember what it was
called or from which site(s)... ).
--
Bharat Suneja
MVP - Exchange
www.zenprise.com
NEW blog location:
exchangepedia.com/blog
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"William Hamilton" wrote in message
...
Bharat Suneja [MVP] wrote:
- Written web-app for this in the past, employeeID/eid attribute
populated with employee ID, names of JPG files based on employeeID make
it easier to pick up the correct picture from a file share based on the
AD attribute
- You can load binary objects like pictures into AD but isn't really
recommended, not very tried and therefore not a lot of usage
scenarios/best practices/sizing guidelines/replication impact/environment
impact, etc. available
- Take a look at Exclaimer AD Pictures and other such third-party stuff:
http://www.exclaimer.com/adpictures.aspx

Thanks Bharat, I found the Exclaimer product but was turned down as a bit
expensive so it looks like it will be a one off web app along the lines of
what you describe. Is the base code for this app available online or is
it something you wrote for a client only?

cheers

W