Hi All,Is it possible to create custom user profile property in SharePoint Online. Either through PoweShell or CSOM. OR What is the best way to provision custom user profile properties in SharePoint Online / Office 365. Thanks!

Hmm, are you sure Juan Carlos? As far as I know (knew) it is not possible to create custom properties using CSOM or any other API. You can however read / set the value of Profile Properties through CSOM, whether they're custom or not... What exactly is it you'd want to achieve with the custom Profile Property? Do you want it to show up in Delve and People Search results or do you need it for some technical reason? If you only need it to store some user information for technical reasons to control behavior of a custom application you could also consider using Open Extensions https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/concepts/extensibility_open_users

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jcgonzalezmartin
MVP
Jul 23, 2018
Yes, you can create custom profile properties in SPO using CSOM API (you can usit from a PS Script)
- Prasham_Sabadra
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 24, 2018
  Thanks for the reply. But I am still not sure. Is it possible to share some link or reference from where I can get an idea.
  
  Thanks!
  Prasham Sabadra
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- paulpascha
  Bronze Contributor
  Jul 23, 2018
  Hmm, are you sure Juan Carlos? As far as I know (knew) it is not possible to create custom properties using CSOM or any other API. You can however read / set the value of Profile Properties through CSOM, whether they're custom or not...
  
  What exactly is it you'd want to achieve with the custom Profile Property? Do you want it to show up in Delve and People Search results or do you need it for some technical reason? If you only need it to store some user information for technical reasons to control behavior of a custom application you could also consider using Open Extensions
  
  https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/concepts/extensibility_open_users
  - Prasham_Sabadra
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 24, 2018
    Thanks Paul for the response. Even I am on same page that we can not create the custom user properties in SharePoint Online using CSOM or PowerShell scripts.
    
    Thanks for sharing reference for extensibility_open_users.

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