Azure Active Directory Administration - Update user

The Azure Active Directory Administration - Update user action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. updates a user's information in their Azure Active Directory account. You can configure what information should be updated, such as an address or phone number, job title, department, or name.

For example, when an employee requests a change of address, you update their account in Azure Active Directory with their new address.

For more information about Azure Active Directory Administration, go to Azure Active Directory Administration.

Note: If you want to change a user's manager, use the Azure Active Directory Administration - Assign manager to user action. See Azure Active Directory Administration - Assign manager to user.

Configure the Azure Active Directory Administration - Update user action

1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add, rename, and copy actions.

2. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
3. Type the user's User name.

   This is commonly the user's email address.

4. Add the fields you want to update:
   1. Click Add field.

   Each field corresponds to information you can update about the user, for example their job title, department, or employee ID.

   2. Check the box of the field corresponding to the user information you want to update.

   Tip: You can click Select all to automatically add all fields. To cancel your selections and begin again, click Clear selections.

   3. Click Add.
5. For each field you selected, either type a value or select a variable.

For more information on all the required and optional configuration fields, go to Azure Active Directory Administration - Update user action fields, buttons, and settings.

Azure Active Directory Administration - Update user action fields, buttons, and settings

Field	Description	Variable types
Connection Credentials and other settings required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.	The Azure Active Directory connection to use to update a user in Azure Active Directory.	(n/a)
User email address	The email address of the user you want to update.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Add field	Displays selections for browsing, selecting, and adding fields for the user's Azure Active Directory account that you want to store. Add fields selections Selection Description Filter options () Filters the list of fields using your entered text. / Selects or de-selects a field for adding. Select all Selects all fields. Clear selections De-selects all fields. Cancel Discards field selections and hides the fields available for selection. Add Adds the selected fields.	(n/a)
(added fields)	Each field corresponds to the user's information, such as department, job title, or employee ID. To remove a field, click (Delete).	(varies)