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Taen keren
Steel Contributor
Jun 29, 2019

User photos in O365

Hi    What is the 'best way' to get all the users photo "uploaded" to O365?    Users mails are not moved/present in EXO    Looked/tried CodeTwo - but getting permission error:  " you do not ha...
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    Adam_Aardvark
    Jul 03, 2019

    Hi Taen keren,

     

    CodeTwo's rep over here.

     

    Please review this installation guide: https://www.codetwo.com/userguide/user-photos-for-office-365/installation.htm to make sure that you accepted the permissions requested by the application and that the program was allowed to be registered in Azure Active Directory of your tenant. 

     

    Be also advised that only photos of users with an active Office 365 subscription plan (with Exchange Online) are synchronized.

     

    Thanks,

    Adam (CodeTwo)

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Nick_North
Copper Contributor

Adam_Aardvark 

 

We've been trying to allow our HR function the ability to update user profile photos of our employees, but it seems the tool requires you to be Global Admin? 😮

Can this really be true? If so, I do not understand why the tool creates an APP Reg in the tenant with User.ReadWrite.All permissions? Is the tool not supposed to use this App Reg identity to update the profile pics?

Thanks! 🙂

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Adam_Aardvark
Iron Contributor
Dec 23, 2022

Nick_North 
Hi,

For security reasons, access to the application is limited to users who have the necessary permissions granted in Azure AD. They don’t need to have the global admin rights. Company-wide management of user photos can be delegated to other (non-admin) users or groups. See this article to learn which permissions are required: https://www.codetwo.com/userguide/user-photos-for-office-365/platforms-requirements.htm#permissions

Anyway, we know that you’re already in contact with our Customer Success Team, so they’ll help you set everything up.

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