Determine which active directory object is referred to by GUID in a Directory Synchronization Error Report

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Published on 2011-01-30T05:17:05Z Indexed on 2011/01/30 7:27 UTC
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We have active directory syncronization setup between our on-premises AD server and Microsoft hosted Exchange (business productivity online services).

I've started getting a daily error report, which details an error for a specific AD user, however it references it by GUID. I can't find any info on how to translate that object guid into something meaningful so I can find and fix the problem.

The error is reported as:

Error 005: Unable to set the alias for this object in Microsoft Online Services because either the primary SMTP address, the e-mail nickname, or the SAM account name in the local Active Directory contains an invalid character.

in reference to the Object GUID:

CN={8443cbb4-5199-49f0-9529-ce965430dca6}

How can I translate that object guid into a friendly object name?

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