Populating user attributes in Microsoft Entra ID

Edusync Microsoft is capable of populating certain user attributes utilising data from the school's MIS. 

Follow the steps below to learn how to operate this feature.

Please note: 

Existing user attributes will be updated when using Edusync Microsoft. If attributes are left empty in Edusync Microsoft, they will not be overwritten as blank. 

Student job title is hardcoded to "Student" for all student users.

To use this feature, navigate to the Edusync Microsoft Settings page, where you will find the following data fields which you can fill out.

An example of what format to input is shown below.

You can use the dropdown on the right-hand side of each box to select one or more fields from the MIS to populate each field with.

Running the sync, either manually or enabling the automated sync, will ensure that attributes included in the feature are updated according to the fields you have entered against each one.

To sync manually: On the directory page, click "Calculate MIS sync Summary," wait for it to finish, then click "Run sync" (top-right).

Alternatively, enable daily automatic syncing by clicking "Enable automated sync" on the Directory page.