Azure saml Unique user identifier claim

Question

Hello

In Azure the default User identifier claim is user.userprincipalname. For this particular application it wants samaccountname, not upn. How do i modify the default User
identifier claim to use user.Samaccountname instead of user.principalname ?

Answer 1

Hi @Skip Hofmann • Thank you for reaching out.

You can simply click on Unique User Identifier (Name ID) and set the Source Attribute to user.onpremisessamaccountname. Optionally, you can change the Name Identifier format as well, as shown below:

Once done, onpremisessamaccountname attribute will be used as Name ID in the SAML token, as highlighted below:

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