Bulk Change in Microsoft Teams user's names.

Question

Hi There
I want to make bulk changes in the user's display name as I am in school so display names are like name_class_sec example Bob VI B so as they passed in the current class and promoted to the next class.
so changes will be like Bob VII B in various classes I want to change their display names, so please suggest to me an easy and smart way to do so in MS-Teams.

Answer 1

Hi @JASID KHAN

According to your description, you may try to perform the following steps to change display name of bulk users:

1.Install PowerShell Office 365.

2.Open an elevated Windows PowerShell command prompt (run Windows PowerShell as an administrator).

3.In the Administrator: Windows PowerShellcommand window, run this command:

Install-Module -Name AzureAD  

If prompted about installing a module from an untrusted repository, type Y and press ENTER.

4.Connect to Azure AD for your Office 365 subscription. Run following cmdlet and Sign in with Office 365 global admin center.

Connect-MsolService  

5.Create an Excel file with the following format and save in: C:\Users\test1.csv

6.Enter in PowerShell:

    Import csv C:\Users\test1.csv |  
         ForEach-Object{   
              Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName $_.UserPrincipalName -DisplayName $_.DisplayName  
      }  

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