Nov 30 2021 02:53 PM
We are pleased to announce Teams Activity Feeds and Notifications banners in Teams now correctly parse “First Name” from AAD Display names. When DisplayName in AAD is setup to follow "Lastname, Firstname" teams will recognize and correctly parse firstname when users receive notifications.
This has been asked by multiple customers and we are excited to roll out the changes to our preview users.
Example
1) Display name = Smith, John (First = John; Last = Smith; Display = "LastName, FirstName")
Previously notifications/feeds show Smith mentioned General
With the change Notification/Feeds will display John Mentioned General
We understand some regions or languages follow double-byte characters and this change does not take effect if AAD display names are not configured with firstname and lastname.
Feature now available to all preview users.
This is enabled by default for preview users
Note: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below.
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No known issues, if you come across any please share your feedback with us.
Currently it is only supported in activity feed and notifications area of the product. Support for missed activity email and other areas in product will be enabled at a later stage.
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For a history of features in the Office and Teams public previews, see Release Notes Current Channel (Preview) - Office release notes | Microsoft Docs.
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Thank you,
Preview Team, @Tushar Pathak
Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft Teams
Nov 30 2021 04:17 PM
I have been wondering for quite sometime. Where is the setting in AAD to change the DisplayName format?
Can we change the DisplayName format to "Firstname Lastname"?
I have been searching a way to change that, as the Assignment in Teams Edu shows name as "Lastname, Firstname". I want to change it to show "Firstname Lastname".
Thanks