Change Language for AD Synced users

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It looks like AD synced users are not able to change their language... So I have added an entry on UserVoice for this -> https://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/262982-onedrive/suggestions/31989877-allow-ad-synced-users-to-change-language

If you agree... please vote! :)

Thanks,

Eduardo

jcgonzalezmartin · Answer

Very strange...can you add some screenshots? Are you talking about the language in Office 365, ODFB or both? In my corporate tenant with have Azure AD Connect deployed and I can change user's language with no problems

eduardo scricco · Answer

I can't change it anywhere... Here is a screenshot:&nbsp;

juan samano · Answer

Hi Eduardo, currently it seems this topic is not a big priority, however Im facing the same situation in a hybrid environment. Our users cannot change their language because they are synchronizated users using AD Connet.

thomasnielsen · Answer

Hi there.&nbsp;The setting must be set in AD for the user (by admin) see more here:https://support.microsoft.com/da-dk/help/4018959/how-to-set-language-and-region-settings-for-office-365&nbsp;It can be done in PowerShell:Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties mail, PreferredLanguage | where { ($_.mail -ne $Null) -and ($_.PreferredLanguage -ne "en-US") } | ForEach-Object {Set-ADUser $_.SAMAccountName –replace @{PreferredLanguage="en-US"}}&nbsp;This example finds all AD users with a value in the "mail" field and where the the "PreferredLanguage" is not equal to "en-US" and sets it to that value.

ndoaaaa · Answer

ThomasNielsen&nbsp;optimized for larger datasets (filter at the source):&nbsp;&nbsp;Get-ADUser -Filter {mail -like "*" -and PreferredLanguage -ne "en-US"} | ForEach-Object { Set-ADUser $_.SAMAccountName -Replace @{PreferredLanguage="en-US"} }

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