I'm trying to figure out the best way to set a default user profile picture for Active Directory (AD) users in our domain. We want to use our company logo as the profile picture for everyone, and we're operating on a Windows Server 2025 domain controller. Does anyone have tips or solutions for this?
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We successfully used CodeTwo’s tool for this. It really simplified the process of updating user profile photos across the board. You should check it out! Just keep in mind that after adding the photos, you might need to do some extra steps to ensure they show up as profile pictures in Windows.
One way to do this is by swapping the default .PNG images on each machine. However, you'll need to create custom-sized thumbnails manually. You'll usually find these files in the C:/windows/users directory, if I remember correctly.
What extra steps are needed to make them appear for Windows profile pictures?