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Unable to Update Profile Picture
- Apr 27, 2020
Ok,
I would try this.
1.) Change the picture in https://account.microsoft.com/profile/
2.) Change the picture in https://portal.azure.com. Go to Azure Active Directory > Users > Select User > Edit > Change Picture
3.) Wait 24 hours
It's definitely the microsoft account which changes it - Outlook has changed, OneDrive has changed but Teams hasn't updated for me either so I would say it's propagation time as the reason it hasn't changed. I am going to check back on mine tomorrow
Best, Chris
ChrisHoardMVP Thanks for sticking with me on this.
Awesome idea, unfortunately does not appear to have solved the problem. Pretty sure I cleared the cache correctly - though I'm on a mac so folder names slightly different, but close enough. When I reopened both the desktop app and web app, the old picture still appears and I still can neither delete it nor upload new.
Ok,
I would try this.
1.) Change the picture in https://account.microsoft.com/profile/
2.) Change the picture in https://portal.azure.com. Go to Azure Active Directory > Users > Select User > Edit > Change Picture
3.) Wait 24 hours
It's definitely the microsoft account which changes it - Outlook has changed, OneDrive has changed but Teams hasn't updated for me either so I would say it's propagation time as the reason it hasn't changed. I am going to check back on mine tomorrow
Best, Chris
- jimmaiApr 27, 2020Copper Contributor
The Azure approach looks extremely promising! Following the steps you mention in Azure, my Azure avatar was the same (old) picture used in Teams, not the new picture I already fixed for my microsoft account. I was able to successfully delete that from Azure and replace it with the new one. So now Azure now correctly reflects that new avatar! Still has not propagated to MS Teams, but I will give it 24 hours like you said. I will update if/when the new picture is updated in Teams.
Thanks so much!
- jimmaiApr 28, 2020Copper Contributor
UPDATE: So it has basically worked. On the Teams web app and on my iPhone app, it has fully worked.
But on the desktop app, it's being frustratingly random. Sometimes it's the old, sometimes the new. I'll click into one channel and see the new picture, go to another channel then come back and the old picture is back. I'll make a post, it'll update to the new. Randomly later it's back to the old. No identifiable pattern. I'm guessing it's just cached the old picture, but I've cleared the cache multiple times, even done a full uninstall & reinstall. So I don't get it. Maybe with more time all that cached items will get cleared away? Any other ideas?
Even if not, seriously thanks for your help to this point! Was going insane hitting brick wall after brick wall.- jimmaiApr 30, 2020Copper Contributor
Final update: It has worked across all instances of Teams and I no longer see any traces of the old profile picture. I took no further action but just waited a few extra days for the new picture to propagate everywhere and for cache to naturally clear. A bit odd that it took so long and manual cache clearing seemed to do nothing, but going through Azure was the solution I was looking for after much frustration trying within Teams.
Thank you ChrisHoardMVP !
- ATLEnticlesDec 07, 2020Copper ContributorThis worked for me, thank you Chris!