Why is User type blank in Azure AD group members list?

sletten_arcadia 6 Reputation points
2020-06-04T13:57:42.5+00:00

When I view the members of an AD group on the Azure portal there are a few entries where the user type column is blank but all other entries are shown as 'Member'. Everybody added to the group should be added as a member - are those with blanks getting added as a guest or might there be another issue?

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  1. Alan Adamson 21 Reputation points
    2020-07-28T18:52:17.097+00:00

    This looks to be the same issue that I'm dealing with. I found out the UserType was not used before 2014 and thus needs to be set to Member or Guest.

    You can do so with Powershell (I haven't tested this yet): Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName user@company.com -UserType Member

    I got the info from these articles:

    https://itpro-tips.com/2019/usertype-empty-usertype-vide/

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/prepping-for-new-management-features/ba-p/243734

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  2. AmanpreetSingh-MSFT 56,306 Reputation points
    2020-06-04T14:22:57.19+00:00

    Hi @sletten_arcadia

    If the users as added to Azure AD as members, they would be added to the group as members as well and not as guest. I think the blank column is a portal UI issue. I would suggest you to run below commands to confirm the same:

    1. Run Install-Module AzureADPreview from elevated PowerShell window, If the Azure AD PowerShell module is not already installed.
    2. Run Connect-AzureAD cmdlet and sign-in using Global Admin account or User Administrator account.
    3. Run Get-AzureADGroupMember -ObjectId object_id_of_the_group to confirm the UserType.

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  3. Simon Burbery 546 Reputation points
    2021-11-08T10:22:17.297+00:00

    Just to add to the great replies above - I had to do this for hundreds of accounts... once you have the AD Module installed and connected you can run this one-liner to make them all Members:

    Get-AzureADUser -All $true | ? { $_.UserType -eq $null } | Set-AzureADUser -UserType 'Member'

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  4. Nuevo Usuario 1 Reputation point
    2021-12-30T21:50:05.2+00:00

    I have the same problem but with the User Name column (User Principal Name) with the LikedIn provider with Azure B2c , it appears blank, the other columns Name, User Type and Source are displayed well. Why is this happening? Can someone help me with this problem please ?

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