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iambernd
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Dec 03, 2020

Allow Users to Change their Display name (First - Last name)

Hi All.    I am trying to find a reason why our users can't change their display name.    The Exchange policy is activated and the default role assignment policy points out that they are infact a...
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  • Don_DeCarlo's avatar
    Don_DeCarlo
    Dec 07, 2020

    iambernd

     

    I was able to set up the test of changing the user display name using Microsoft Graph API.  I can authenticate to Azure AD or On-Premise AD using the current user context.  Won't need the On-Premise data gateway after all since Graph allows you to authenticate to both.

     

    The next step would be to create a simple app in teams that allows the user to update their display name in teams then pass that update using graph.

     

    Let me know if you are familiar with using these resources (Graph API and Teams Apps) or need some more help setting this up on your end.

     

    Thanks

    Don

     

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Don_DeCarlo
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StevenC365 

Do you use AD Sync to keep Azure AD in sync with Local AD?

 

If not you can use Microsoft On-premise Data Gateway to allow an application to update data in On-premise AD

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iambernd
Copper Contributor
Dec 04, 2020

Don_DeCarlo 


How would one do that?

I do not synch yet from any local AD. Our AAD is the main one currently, might not change for a while. Would it be possible to enable users changing their display name with Microsoft On-premise Data Gateway?

If yes, any source of howto?

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    Don_DeCarlo
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 04, 2020

    iambernd 

     

    It's another good question.  I will set up a test to see if I can use the On-Premise data gateway and hit it using the Microsoft Graph API.

     

    Will let you know the results next week.

  • Don_DeCarlo's avatar
    Don_DeCarlo
    Copper Contributor
    Dec 07, 2020

    iambernd

     

    I was able to set up the test of changing the user display name using Microsoft Graph API.  I can authenticate to Azure AD or On-Premise AD using the current user context.  Won't need the On-Premise data gateway after all since Graph allows you to authenticate to both.

     

    The next step would be to create a simple app in teams that allows the user to update their display name in teams then pass that update using graph.

     

    Let me know if you are familiar with using these resources (Graph API and Teams Apps) or need some more help setting this up on your end.

     

    Thanks

    Don

     

    • iambernd's avatar
      iambernd
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 09, 2020
      This sounds good.

      Also, I like the idea of a simple app in Teams.

      Would be interested to hear how to do it (we are not really familiar with teams apps, had some students and interns playing around with it though.)

      Any suggestion to a doc or howto would be appreciated, also let me know how I can test this out ourselfs including setting up / developing a simple app for Teams).

      Thanks a lot.
    • AndyDee's avatar
      AndyDee
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 03, 2021

      Don_DeCarlo 

       

      Hi Don,

       

      What permission is need to modify the display name in Microsoft Graph?

       

      I'm about to try them one by one, but it looks like you may already know the answer.

       

      Thanks,

      Andy

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