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User photos in O365
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)
Adam_Aardvark ChrisHoardMVP Taen keren ChrisWebbTech
Hi All
Hope everyone is well. I have the exact opposite request. We wish to remove all profile pictures in all Office 365 services. We wish to default to initials (example NS) and prevent staff from changing their profile pictures until we get professional ones taken. Any advice?
To remove user photos, you can also use CodeTwo User Photos for Office 365. Just select the photos in the program, right-click on your selection and choose Remove photos from the shortcut menu. You can also use the Remove button in the toolbar.
Here is a video on how to manage user photos with this freeware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6eLrwLVY3o&
When it comes to blocking users’ ability to change photos, you can use:
Get-OwaMailboxPolicy | Set-OwaMailboxPolicy -SetPhotoEnabled $false
Users won’t be able to change their profile picture from OWA. It will probably be enough for most users. They might be still able to do that from other channels, but I'm not aware of any toggle in Office 365 to change it globally.
Adam