Where is Azure AD User About Me section?

Gregor Anton Grinč 171 Reputation points
2023-07-20T20:41:47.6766667+00:00

Hello,

I wanted to add additional information to my AAD users beyond parameters like Name, Street, Company Name and so on. I needed a freeform text field where I could add info with a script that I built. I was extremely happy when I found that in the Microsoft.Graph.Users module that uses PWSH I am supposed to be able to user parameter -AboutMe.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.graph.users/update-mguser?view=graph-powershell-1.0

Screenshot 2023-07-20 at 22.31.26

However, when I tried I got an error:Screenshot 2023-07-20 at 22.35.11

I do not know what am I doing wrong, or whether this parameter even exists because when I open AAD User this param. is nowhere to be seen. Does it exist?

Thank you very much

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  1. Vasil Michev 113.8K Reputation points MVP
    2023-07-21T06:31:28.61+00:00

    The parameter is part of the Delve profile page, it's not exposed directly in Azure AD. The syntax you used above is correct, but you are likely missing permissions. To update this property on another user, you need to have Sites.ReadWrite.All (delegate) permissions added (application permissions are not supported). So try this:

    Connect-MgGraph -Scopes User.ReadWrite.All,Sites.ReadWrite.All
    Update-MgUser -UserId f20f5eb1-aabb-431d-a03b-3fbe5281f045 -AboutMe "aaa bbb ccc"
    

    As to where to find the property, here's a screenshot from the Delve page:User's image

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  1. Givary-MSFT 35,216 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2023-07-21T06:46:45.6066667+00:00

    @Gregor Anton Grinč Thank you for reaching out to us, Adding to the above answer and did a repro in my lab as well with the scopes (Sites.ReadWrite.All) will help admin to update the aboutme attribute on users behalf, This attribute can be updated via admin as well, though the documentation is bit unclear, will work with our team to get the information corrected.

    User's image

    same information can be viewed via Graph Explorer for now

    User's image

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

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