User Guide

User Information / Group Information Synchronized when Linked with Microsoft Entra ID

User information synchronized

User information

Property in Microsoft Entra ID

Description

User ID

  • When manually linked

    userPrincipalName

  • When automatically synchronized

    originalUserPrincipalName

  • This setting is required.

  • Any characters other than single-byte alphanumeric characters, hyphen (-), and period (.) are replaced with an underscore (_), and the portion preceding the @ sign is matched.

  • The trailing "#EXT#" is deleted.

  • If there is a duplicate user in the same tenant, the @ sign is replaced with an underscore (_), and the entire value in the Microsoft Entra ID property is matched.

  • If there is a duplicate user even though the portion succeeding the @ sign is included, a random four-digit value is added to avoid duplication.

Email address

mail

This setting is required.

Given name

givenName

  • Restrictions when automatically synchronized

    If a user has no given name specified in Microsoft Entra ID, synchronization will not occur.

    If a value has been specified but is deleted, synchronization will not occur, and manual deletion will be needed.

Family name

surname

  • Restrictions when automatically synchronized

    If a user has no family name specified in Microsoft Entra ID, synchronization will not occur.

    If a value has been specified but is deleted, synchronization will not occur, and manual deletion will be needed.

Department

department

  • Restrictions when automatically synchronized

    If a user has no department specified in Microsoft Entra ID, synchronization will not occur.

    If a value has been specified but is deleted, synchronization will not occur, and manual deletion will be needed.

Office Location

officeLocation

  • Restrictions when automatically synchronized

    If a user has no office location specified in Microsoft Entra ID, synchronization will not occur.

    If a value has been specified but is deleted, synchronization will not occur, and manual deletion will be needed.

Linking Microsoft Entra ID user information attributes not listed in "User information synchronized" to user optional information

The tenant administrator can specify any user information to be synchronized for inclusion as Microsoft Entra ID user information. If user optional information exceeds the maximum number of characters, the portion from the beginning to the maximum of the information is used as the user optional information.

  • Restrictions when automatically synchronized

    If a user has no value specified in Microsoft Entra ID, synchronization will not occur.

    If a value has been specified but is deleted, synchronization will not occur, and manual deletion will be needed.

Specifiable Microsoft Entra ID Attribute

Microsoft Entra ID Attribute name

Item name in attribute mapping for Microsoft Entra ID automatic synchronization

Description

businessPhones

telephoneNumber

Office's phone number

First businessPhones

city

city

City

companyName

companyName

Company name

country

country

Country

displayName

displayName

Name

employeeId

employeeId

Employee number

faxNumber

facsimileTelephoneNumber

Fax number

jobTitle

jobTitle

Job title

mobilePhone

mobile

Mobile phone number

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute1

extensionAttribute1

User optional information 1

First onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute2

extensionAttribute2

User optional information 2

Second onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute3

extensionAttribute3

User optional information 3

Third onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute4

extensionAttribute4

User optional information 4

Fourth onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute5

extensionAttribute5

User optional information 5

Fifth onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute6

extensionAttribute6

User optional information 6

Sixth onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute7

extensionAttribute7

User optional information 7

Seventh onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute8

extensionAttribute8

User optional information 8

Eighth onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute9

extensionAttribute9

User optional information 9

Nineth onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute10

extensionAttribute10

User optional information 10

10th onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute11

extensionAttribute11

User optional information 11

11st onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute12

extensionAttribute12

User optional information 12

12nd onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute13

extensionAttribute13

User optional information 13

13rd onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute14

extensionAttribute14

User optional information 14

14th onPremisesExtensionAttributes

onPremisesExtensionAttributes.extensionAttribute15

extensionAttribute15

User optional information 15

15th onPremisesExtensionAttributes

Synchronized Group Information

Group information

Property in Microsoft Entra ID

Description

Initial group ID value

id

Synchronized only when a new group is created; after the group is created, the value can be changed to any ID.

Group name

displayName

If the group name exceeds the maximum limit of characters, the characters up to the limit are used for the group name.

Member users/groups

members

Members listed include the linked users/groups out of those belonging to the group on Microsoft Entra ID.

  • Restriction

    If a user/group is made a member of a group linked to Microsoft Entra ID only within this service, their membership is not deleted even if the group information is synchronized.

Description

description

If no description is provided for an Microsoft Entra ID group, the group is not synchronized. If a group description is deleted on Microsoft Entra ID, you need to use Group Management to delete the corresponding description on this service.