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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.
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.
This was the perfect answer. I changed it to 0 and voila - I could update the photo. Thank you!