How to add a custom attribute to a user in Azure AD?

Question

Danny Sanchez 0

We need to add several custom fields to the user properties in Azure AD, which can be read from a Sahrepoint, for example the birthday of an employee

2 answers

Answer 1

James Hamil 27,211 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Hi @Danny Sanchez , you can do this by using B2C and following this guide.

Sign in to the Azure portal.
Make sure you're using the directory that contains your Azure AD B2C tenant. Select the Directories + subscriptions icon in the portal toolbar.
On the Portal settings | Directories + subscriptions page, find your Azure AD B2C directory in the Directory name list, and then select Switch.
In the left menu, select Azure AD B2C. Or, select All services and search for and select Azure AD B2C.
Choose All services in the top-left corner of the Azure portal, search for and select Azure AD B2C.
Select User attributes, and then select Add.
Provide a Name for the custom attribute (for example, "Birthday").
Choose a Data Type. Only String, Boolean, and Int are available.
Optionally, enter a Description for informational purposes.
Select Create.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I can help you further.

If this answer helps you please mark "Accept Answer" so other users can reference it.

Thank you,

James

Danny Sanchez 0 Reputation points

2023-05-24T12:26:08.1333333+00:00

Hi @James Hamil

Thanks for the prompt response, but what I need is to modify a property or create a new one for my existing Active Directory users, for example change the Fax Number property and replace it with Birthday Date, or simply generate a new field.

Is there any way to carry it out?
James Hamil 27,211 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-05-26T21:11:03.1666667+00:00

Hi @Danny Sanchez , I'm a little bit confused by the question. The steps I detailed show how you can add an attribute. dateOfBirth is already a user attribute. Could you share some more details so I can understand?
Danny Sanchez 0 Reputation points

2023-05-26T21:16:27.5466667+00:00

Hi @James james

I do not see dateOfBirth as a property, when I enter the profile of one of my users already created in the directory, we notice we have a domain in the cloud, and the property options are limited, I do not need to generate a self-service flow, just create a new field for some user-specific data
Nick Randazzo 20 Reputation points

2024-03-26T14:37:34.9633333+00:00

@Danny Sanchez did you ever get an answer? I have same question. Just want custom fields on internal AD users, not external.

Answer 2

From my understanding is that you have Azure AD DS or DC on VM on Cloud ?

For WIndows AD you can follow this guide

But if you are using AD Connect , then you must make sure that it syncs also the Attributes !

Azure Active Directory Connect wizard Optional features page

I hope this helps!

Kindly mark the answer as Accepted and Upvote in case it helped!

Regards