Steps: Create a new user with FirstName equal “Test“ and LastName equal “3“ Provision the user Go to user details and remove LastName field value Provision the user again Result: There is no "Replace" operation with empty value on PATCH Expected Result: Azure sould send "Replace" operation with empty value on PATCH in case of LastName value was removed.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/app-provisioning/known-issues?pivots=app-provisioning#null-attribute-cant-be-provisioned This is a known/expected behavior. It may be changed at some point in the future, as this has been a repeatedly requested feature, but there is no ETA on when (or if) that may happen.

"Replace" operation with empty value is not sent on PATCH for FirstName or LastName fields if their value was removed

Dabryian, Andrei 65

Steps:

Create a new user with FirstName equal “Test“ and LastName equal “3“
Provision the user
Go to user details and remove LastName field value
Provision the user again

Result:

There is no "Replace" operation with empty value on PATCH

Expected Result:

Azure sould send "Replace" operation with empty value on PATCH in case of LastName value was removed.

Akshay-MSFT 17,656 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-09-04T10:33:39.7833333+00:00

@Dabryian, Andrei

Hope you got a chance to review the action plan suggested below. Please do let me know if you have any queries in the comments section. If you don't have any further queries and the suggestion works as per your business need. Please "Accept the answer(Yes)" and "share you feedback ". This will help us and others in the community as well.

Also please follow the suggestion for an offline connect on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1336820/despite-the-fact-that-get-returns-the-same-roles-t

Thanks,

Akshay Kaushik
Dabryian, Andrei 65 Reputation points

2023-09-04T10:55:42.4566667+00:00

@Akshay-MSFT I've already sent an email 8/23/2023 as was suggested but noone reached me out so far
Akshay-MSFT 17,656 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-09-05T09:44:13.29+00:00

@Dabryian, Andrei

Thank you for response, I have notified the expert and you should get a response over email.

Considering this case, I would request you to Please "Accept the answer(Yes)" and "share you feedback ". This will help us and others in the community as well.

Thanks,

Akshay Kaushik

Accepted answer

Danny Zollner 9,871 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-08-02T15:52:17.2333333+00:00

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/app-provisioning/known-issues?pivots=app-provisioning#null-attribute-cant-be-provisioned

This is a known/expected behavior. It may be changed at some point in the future, as this has been a repeatedly requested feature, but there is no ETA on when (or if) that may happen.
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Dabryian, Andrei 65 Reputation points

2023-08-03T09:00:29.6033333+00:00

Thanks for the answer! We are looking forward to the changes. And we also found out that attribute is skiped if only register is changed (i.e. test => TEST). But I didn't found this behavior in the list of known issues

JamesTran-MSFT 36,541 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-08-16T18:52:10.5566667+00:00

@Dabryian, Andrei

As this is a known / expected behavior currently being monitored and tracked by our engineering team with no ETA for release. I wanted to check in and see if you had any other questions or if were able to resolve this issue?

If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue.

If the information helped address your question, please Accept the answer. This will help us and also improve searchability for others in the community who might be researching similar information.

Dabryian, Andrei 65 Reputation points

2023-08-17T07:55:36.8966667+00:00

@JamesTran-MSFT I have one more question unanswered https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1336820/despite-the-fact-that-get-returns-the-same-roles-t
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