Synchronize the "employeeType" attribute from Active Directory to Azure AD and make it visible in the Azure Portal

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Synchronize the "employeeType" attribute from Active Directory to Azure AD and make it visible in the Azure Portal

Jason Crawford 0

Hello,

I want to make the AD "employeeType" attribute visible in the Azure Portal UI. I have already selected the "employeeType" attribute for synchronization within Azure AD Connect under "Customize synchronization options".

I can see the attribute is synced within metaverse but there is no value in the Azure Portal UI.

I have tried creating an inbound rule, with no success

Can someone point me in the right direction please or is this attribute only visible using PowerShell and Graph?

Thanks in advance!

Shweta Mathur 30,301 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-06-14T04:24:55.7066667+00:00

Hi @Jason Crawford ,

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Shweta Mathur 30,301 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-06-14T04:24:55.7066667+00:00

Hi @Jason Crawford ,

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Givary-MSFT 35,626 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Jason Crawford Thank you for reaching out to us, if you have successfully added the attribute via custom extensions option in Azure AD Connect and performed a sync, then the same attribute can be seen via Graph Explorer or PowerShell, below is the screenshot which I captured from Graph Explorer for reference

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Via PowerShell below is the approach you can follow

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Let me know if you have any further questions, feel free to reply back.

Please remember to "Accept Answer" if answer helped, so that others in the community facing similar issues can easily find the solution.

Jason Crawford 0 Reputation points

2023-06-05T07:53:25.59+00:00

Hi @Givary-MSFT - Thank you for your response.

Are you aware of any method to have this visible in the Azure Active Directory Portal GUI?
Givary-MSFT 35,626 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-06-05T08:33:39.1966667+00:00

@Jason Crawford Researched on your ask, but unfortunately its not possible to view this info from Azure AD portal, however attributes can be seen by the Azure AD applications when you configure them.

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/schema-extensions

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/active-directory/using-extension-attributes-sample?view=azureadps-2.0

Let me know if you have any further questions, feel free to post back.
JasonO365 5 Reputation points

2023-06-07T16:22:28.1633333+00:00

I have a similar question to Mr. Crawfords. I see there is an "Employee Type" field already available in Azure AD (see the screenshot). Is there any way to populate that field with the data from the "employeeType" field within OnPrem AD?

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