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iambernd
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Dec 03, 2020
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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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StevenC365
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Dec 03, 2020

iambernd 

 

Where do these accounts come from? If they are being synchronised by AzureAD Connect then the displayname could only be changed in the local AD.

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Don_DeCarlo
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Dec 07, 2020

StevenC365 

 

Steve do you agree this answer make sense?

 

Since he is using local AD and not Sync he can use Microsoft Graph API to update the Display name in Local AD and then tie that back to Teams through through a simple teams app?

 

I tested the authentication this weekend using Graph.

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