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Uploading user profile pictures as admin
We’ve experience the same problem: Some of the User pictures can change from admin and other not.
After some research I found a solution for this problem:
When a user change the picture himself or the picture is sync from local AD it can’t be change by admin.
In the SharePoint Admin center in the user profile you found an option: “Image placeholder synchronization status” (translated from German Admin Interface)
Change this option to ‘0’ – save the profile and open it again – now you can change the Profile Picture :smileyhappy:
You can do this also with Powershell or with other tools.
Hi, I don't seem to be able to update a photo to a user profile as an admin. I have set the placeholder synchronization status to '0' on a specific user, saved it and gone back into the profile. I can remove it and add a photo and save it but everytime I go back in, the photo have reverted back to the old one?
If I go and check the Sharepoint site where I have added "People" into a webpart, the users name then doesnt even appear in the AD dropdown box.
What am I missing?
Do you let it "bake" (waiting an hour or more) between operations? Sometimes changes don't take affect right away.