Active Directory Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

Perform these steps to extend the Active Directory schema with a new attribute:

1. Open a Microsoft Management Console window (mmc.exe).
2. From the File menu, select Add/Remove Snap-in.
3. From the left-hand list of Available snap-ins:, select the Active Directory Schema snap-in. Click the Add > button to add it to the right-hand list of Selected snap-ins:

4. Click OK.
5. In the left navigation pane, expand Active Directory Schema.

6. Right-click the Attributes folder and select Create Attribute from the context menu:

7. Click the Continue ...