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Haneef Ibn Ahmad's avatar
Haneef Ibn Ahmad
Iron Contributor
Feb 23, 2018

Customised automatically generated unique serial userid alias for every user

Hi,

 

I would like to have a unique serial userid for every user that is created within the Office 365 tenant or Azure AD. I would like this to be customise-able and automated, and should be in the format u####@contoso.com

 

So, if I create; jon.doe@contoso.com, I would like that account to automatically have an alias of u0001@contoso.com. And when jane.doe@contoso.com is created, it should have u0002@contoso.com and so on...

 

Could this be done?

 

Thanks,

Azure Active Directory (AAD)
Identity Management
microsoft 365
  • NunoAriasSilva's avatar
    NunoAriasSilva
    MVP
    Feb 24, 2018
    Hi Haneef,

    You can do it with powershell using for example a csv that have the information to create the users with data that you need to accomplish your goal.
    • Haneef Ibn Ahmad's avatar
      Haneef Ibn Ahmad
      Iron Contributor
      Feb 24, 2018

      Hello,

       

      Thanks for that.

       

      So, it can't be done at the Azure AD server end?

       

      I would've to run this script every so-often?

       

      Any pre-written powershell scripts/libraries that can accomplish this task?

       

      Thanks,

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