You have missed a column for Extension
<script>
$(function() {
$("#people").DataTable({
"iDisplayLength": 25,
"processing": true,
"serverSide": true,
"ajax": 'http://example.com/datatables-people',
"columns": [
{ data: 'firstname', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'lastname', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'extension', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'userid', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'title', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'FK_department', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'pagerid', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'FK_authcode', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'roomnumber', defaultContent: '' },
{ data: 'pubroomnumber', defaultContent: '' }
]
});
});
</script>