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Deepthi Yathiender
Jun 16, 2017Brass Contributor
Profile Photo Sync SPO
As admin, I have added profile photos for everyone in my org through the O365 admin portal. The photos are seen everywhere. Except on SharePoint. I am unable to upload photos for people on SPO. I have read in other posts that the photos are synced when each user visits their Delve page at least once. Now, I cannot expect every user to go to their Delve page to sync the profile photos to SharePoint. Is there another way for the admin to do this?
Many thanks for any help!
- adrianhalidCopper Contributor
I thought this might help others.
Based on a previous post I created this script to work with O365 with MFA enabled.
This PowerShell script will allow you to sync a user profile photo from Exchange Online to Sharepoint Online.
You can select a single email address or choose "All"
EDIT: Added Try-Catch block around section for some error handling.
#Add references to SharePoint client assemblies and authenticate to Office 365 site – required for CSOM Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing Function UploadImage () { Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$SiteURL, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$SPOAdminPortalUrl, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True, HelpMessage="Enter user email address or All for all mailboxes")] [String]$UserEmail ) #Defualt Image library and Folder value $DocLibName ="User Photos" $foldername="Profile Pictures" Connect-ExchangeOnline $siteConnection = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL –Interactive -ReturnConnection #NOTE: there is a bug in Set-PnPUserProfileProperty in which the ConnectPnPOnline must connect with the UseWebLogin option # https://github.com/pnp/powershell/issues/277 $adminConnection = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SPOAdminPortalUrl –UseWebLogin -ReturnConnection $spoimagename = @{"_SThumb" = "48"; "_MThumb" = "72"; "_LThumb" = "200"} $allUserMailboxes = Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited -RecipientTypeDetails UserMailbox Foreach($mailbox in $allUserMailboxes) { if(($mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress -eq $UserEmail) -or ($UserEmail -eq "All")){ Write-Host "Processing " $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress try{ #Download Image from Exchange online $photo = Get-UserPhoto -Identity $mailbox.Identity Write-Host "Exchange online image downloaded successful for" $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress $username = $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress.Replace("@", "_").Replace(".", "_") $Extension = ".jpg" Foreach($imagename in $spoimagename.GetEnumerator()) { #Covert image into different size of image $ms = new-object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$photo.PictureData) $img = [System.Drawing.Image]::FromStream($ms) [int32]$new_width = $imagename.Value [int32]$new_height = $imagename.Value $img2 = New-Object System.Drawing.Bitmap($new_width, $new_height) $graph = [System.Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($img2) $graph.DrawImage($img, 0, 0, $new_width, $new_height) #Covert image into memory stream $stream = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.MemoryStream $format = [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Jpeg $img2.Save($stream, $format) $streamseek=$stream.Seek(0, [System.IO.SeekOrigin]::Begin) #Upload image into sharepoint online $FullFilename=$username+$imagename.Name+$Extension Add-PnPFile -Connection $siteConnection -Folder "User Photos/Profile Pictures" -FileName $FullFilename -Stream $stream } Write-Host "SharePoint online image uploaded successful for" $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress #Change user Profile Property in Sharepoint onlne $PictureURL=$SiteURL+$DocLibName+"/"+$foldername+"/"+$username+"_MThumb"+$Extension Set-PnPUserProfileProperty -Connection $adminConnection -Account $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress -PropertyName PictureURL -Value $PictureURL Set-PnPUserProfileProperty -Connection $adminConnection -Account $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress -PropertyName SPS-PicturePlaceholderState -Value 0 Set-PnPUserProfileProperty -Connection $adminConnection -Account $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress -PropertyName SPS-PictureExchangeSyncState -Value 0 Set-PnPUserProfileProperty -Connection $adminConnection -Account $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress -PropertyName SPS-PictureTimestamp -Value 63605901091 Write-Host "Image processed successfully and ready to display for" $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress }catch{ $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message Write-Host "Failed to process " $mailbox.PrimarySmtpAddress -ForegroundColor red Write-Host $ErrorMessage -ForegroundColor red } } } } #Input parameter $siteUrl="https://company-my.sharepoint.com/" $SPOAdminPortalUrl = "https://company-admin.sharepoint.com/" uploadimage -SiteURL $siteUrl -SPOAdminPortalUrl $SPOAdminPortalUrl
- SebCerazyIron Contributor
I see the script landed up here: Office 365 Profile Picture Not Displayed Inside SharePoint Online Webparts (mrsharepoint.guru)
Both script are suspiciously identical...
- artalvarado11Copper ContributorPerfect, I was just looking for this solution. Thanks for sharing!
- adrianhalidCopper ContributorBe careful when you do the All option, as I haven't put error handling in the code.
So exceptions will occur if the Exchange Online mailbox does not have a profile picture.
As I don't reset any of the variables in the for loop, you might accidentally have the previous person photo applied to the user without the profile picture in Exchange Online.
- Take a look at the following articles where you will find different approaches to achieve this. Be ready to work with some PowerShell:
- https://spbreed.wordpress.com/2015/11/06/demystifying-user-profile-picture-sync-in-office365/
- http://windowsitpro.com/blog/synchronizing-user-photos-across-office-365-workloads-isnt-easy- Deepthi YathienderBrass Contributor
So, I set the user photo using Powershell. See screenshot. It ran without any errors. Now, when I go the sharepoint admin page, the photo for this particular user has not been set. See screenshot. Set-UserPhoto does not seem to set the profile photo in SharePoint. Any further help?
- SanthoshB1Bronze Contributor
Following PowerShell script is used to instantly process and display profile picture in Exchange Online and SharePoint Online using “Set-UserPhoto” cmdlet and CSOM.
Before executing the following script, you need to modify the input parameters in the script with your own values as follows,
Input Parameters:
$siteUrl= "https://tenantname-my.sharepoint.com/"
$username= "admin@tenantname.onmicrosoft.com"
$password= "xxxxxxxx"
$folderpath= "E:\photo"
$SPOAdminPortalUrl= “https://tenantname-admin.sharepoint.com/”#Add references to SharePoint client assemblies and authenticate to Office 365 site – required for CSOM Add-Type -Path ([System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint.Client").location) Add-Type -Path ([System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.runtime").location) Add-Type -Path ([System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.UserProfiles").location) Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing Function UpdateUserProfile() { Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$targetAcc, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$PropertyName, [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)] [String]$Value, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$SPOAdminPortalUrl, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [System.Net.ICredentials]$Creds ) $ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SPOAdminPortalUrl) $ctx.Credentials = $Creds $peopleManager = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.UserProfiles.PeopleManager($ctx) $targetAccount = ("i:0#.f|membership|" + $targetAcc) $peopleManager.SetSingleValueProfileProperty($targetAccount, $PropertyName, $Value) $ctx.ExecuteQuery() } Function UploadImage () { Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$SiteURL, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$User, [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)] [String]$Password, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$Folder, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$SPOAdminPortalUrl ) #Defualt Image library and Folder value $DocLibName ="User Photos" $foldername="Profile Pictures" #Connect Exchange online $secstr = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.SecureString $password.ToCharArray() | ForEach-Object {$secstr.AppendChar($_)} $cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $User, $secstr $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/?proxyMethod=RPS -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $Session $Securepass = ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force $Creds = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($User,$Securepass) #Bind to site collection $Context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL) $Context.Credentials = $Creds #Retrieve list $List = $Context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle($DocLibName) $Context.Load($List) $Context.Load($List.RootFolder) $Context.ExecuteQuery() $ServerRelativeUrlOfRootFolder = $List.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl $uploadFolderUrl= $ServerRelativeUrlOfRootFolder+"/"+$foldername $spoimagename = @{"_SThumb" = "48"; "_MThumb" = "72"; "_LThumb" = "200"} #Upload file Foreach ($File in (dir $Folder -File)) { #Upload image into Exchange online $PictureData = $File.FullName $Identity=$File.BaseName Set-UserPhoto -Identity $Identity -PictureData ([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($PictureData)) -Confirm:$false Write-Host "Exchange online image uploaded successful for" $Identity $username=$File.BaseName.Replace("@", "_").Replace(".", "_") $Extension = $File.Extension Foreach($imagename in $spoimagename.GetEnumerator()) { #Covert image into different size of image $img = [System.Drawing.Image]::FromFile((Get-Item $PictureData)) [int32]$new_width = $imagename.Value [int32]$new_height = $imagename.Value $img2 = New-Object System.Drawing.Bitmap($new_width, $new_height) $graph = [System.Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($img2) $graph.DrawImage($img, 0, 0, $new_width, $new_height) #Covert image into memory stream $stream = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.MemoryStream $format = [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Jpeg $img2.Save($stream, $format) $streamseek=$stream.Seek(0, [System.IO.SeekOrigin]::Begin) #Upload image into sharepoint online $FullFilename=$username+$imagename.Name+$Extension $ImageRelativeURL="/"+$DocLibName+"/"+$foldername+"/"+$FullFilename $ModifiedRelativeURL=$ImageRelativeURL.Replace(" ","%20") [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File]::SaveBinaryDirect($Context,$ModifiedRelativeURL, $stream, $true) } Write-Host "SharePoint online image uploaded successful for" $Identity #Change user Profile Property in Sharepoint onlne $PictureURL=$SiteURL+$DocLibName+"/"+$foldername+"/"+$username+"_MThumb"+$Extension UpdateUserProfile -targetAcc $Identity -PropertyName PictureURL -Value $PictureURL -SPOAdminPortalUrl $SPOAdminPortalUrl -Creds $Creds UpdateUserProfile -targetAcc $Identity -PropertyName SPS-PicturePlaceholderState -Value 0 -SPOAdminPortalUrl $SPOAdminPortalUrl -Creds $Creds UpdateUserProfile -targetAcc $Identity -PropertyName SPS-PictureExchangeSyncState -Value 0 -SPOAdminPortalUrl $SPOAdminPortalUrl -Creds $Creds UpdateUserProfile -targetAcc $Identity -PropertyName SPS-PictureTimestamp -Value 63605901091 -SPOAdminPortalUrl $SPOAdminPortalUrl -Creds $Creds Write-Host "Image processed successfully and ready to display for" $Identity } } #Input parameter $siteUrl="https://tenantname-my.sharepoint.com/" $username= "admin@tenantname.onmicrosoft.com" $password= "pass@word1" $folderpath= "E:\photo" $SPOAdminPortalUrl = "https://tenantname-admin.sharepoint.com/" uploadimage -SiteURL $siteUrl -User $username -Password $password -Folder $folderpath -SPOAdminPortalUrl $SPOAdminPortalUrl