Search Users

Search Office 365 for a user by property values. Supported search operations include 'Exact Match' and 'Starts With'. The 'Exact Match' will return users whose properties match exactly, and 'Starts With' will return users whose properties start with that value.

Caution

The Search Users action card returns a maximum of 4,000 users.

Options

Field Definition Type Required
Result Set Choose to return the First Matching Record, or return All Matching Records, which returns a list of objects as the output field on the card. Dropdown TRUE
Search By Exact Match returns users whose properties are exactly equal to the input values.

Starts With returns users whose properties start with the input values.

Dropdown TRUE
Note

The input field properties that display for Exact Match are different from the input field properties for Starts With.

Input

Field Definition Type Required
Search
Account Enabled? True if the account is enabled; otherwise, False. Boolean FALSE
Age Group Age group of the user. Allowed values: Null, Minor, Not Adult and Adult. Dropdown FALSE
City City in which the user is located. String FALSE
Consent Provided For Minor Indicates whether consent has been obtained for minors. Allowed values: Null, Granted, Denied and Not Required. Dropdown FALSE
Country Country or region in which the user is located.

For example, US or UK.

String FALSE
Department Name for the department in which the user works. String FALSE
Display Name Name displayed in the address book for the user. This is usually the combination of the user's first name, middle initial and last name. This property is required when a user is created and it cannot be cleared during updates. String FALSE
Employee Id Employee identifier assigned to the user by the organization. String FALSE
Given Name Given name (first name) of the user. String FALSE
Im Addresses Instant message voice over IP (VOIP) session initiation protocol (SIP) addresses for the user. List of Text FALSE
Job Title User's job title. String FALSE
Mail SMTP address for the user. String FALSE
Mail Nickname Mail alias for the user. String FALSE
On Premises Immutable Id Used to associate an on-premises Active Directory user account to their Azure AD user object. String FALSE
On Premises User Principal Name Contains the on-premises User Principal Name synchronized from the on-premises directory. The property is only populated for customers who are synchronizing their on-premises directory to Azure Active Directory using Azure AD Connect. String FALSE
Other Mails List of additional email addresses for the user. List of Text FALSE
Proxy Address List of user proxy addresses. List of Text FALSE
State State or province in the user's address. String FALSE
Surname User's surname (family name or last name). String FALSE
Usage Location (2 char) Two letter country code (ISO standard 3166).

For example, US, JP, and GB.

String FALSE
User Principal Name User Principal Name (UPN) of the user. This is an internet-style login name for the user based on RFC 822. By convention, this should map to the user's email name. The general format is alias@domain, where domain must be present in the tenant's collection of verified domains. String FALSE
User Type String value that can be used to classify user types in your directory.
For example, Member and Guest.
Dropdown FALSE

Output

Field Definition Type
Account Enabled? True if the account is enabled; otherwise, False. Boolean
Age Group Age group of the user. String
Assigned Licenses Licenses that are assigned to the user, including inherited (group-based) licenses. List of Objects
Assigned Plans Plans that are assigned to the user. List of Objects
Business Phones Phone numbers for the user. List of Text
City City in which the user is located. String
Company Name Company name which the user is associated. String
Consent Provided For Minor Indicates whether consent has been obtained for minors. String
Country Country/region in which the user is located.

For example, US or UK.

String
Created Date Time Created date and time of the user object. Date & Time
Department Name for the department in which the user works. String
Display Name Name displayed in the address book for the user. This is usually the combination of the user's first name, middle initial and last name. String
Employee Id Employee identifier assigned to the user by the organization. String
Fax Number Fax number of the user. String
Given Name Given name (first name) of the user. String
Id Unique identifier for the user. String
Im Addresses Instant message voice over IP (VOIP) session initiation protocol (SIP) addresses for the user. List of Text
Job Title User's job title. String
Legal Age Group Classification Used by enterprise applications to determine the legal age group of the user. String
License Assignment States State of license assignments for this user. List of Objects
Mail

SMTP address for the user.

String
Mail Nickname Mail alias for the user. String
Mobile Phone Primary cellular phone number for the user. String
Office Location Office location in the user's place of business. String
On Premises Distinguished Name Contains the on-premises Active Directory distinguished name or DN. The property is only populated for customers who are synchronizing their on-premises directory to Azure Active Directory using Azure AD Connect. String
On Premises Domain Name Contains the on-premises domainFQDN, also called dnsDomainName synchronized from the on-premises directory. The property is only populated for customers who are synchronizing their on-premises directory to Azure Active Directory via Azure AD Connect. String
On Premises Extension Attributes Contains extensionAttributes 1-15 for the user. Object
On Premises Immutable Id Associate an on-premises Active Directory user account to their Azure AD user object. String
On Premises Last Sync Date Time Specifies the last time at which the object was synced with the on-premises directory.
Date & Time
On Premises Provisioning Errors Errors when using Microsoft synchronization product during provisioning. List of Objects
On Premises Sam Account Name Contains the on-premises samAccountName synchronized from the on-premises directory. The property is only populated for customers who are synchronizing their on-premises directory to Azure Active Directory using Azure AD Connect. String
On Premises Security Identifier Contains the on-premises security identifier (SID) for the user that was synchronized from on-premises to the cloud. String
On Premises Sync Enabled? true if this object is synced from an on-premises directory; false if this object was originally synced from an on-premises directory but is no longer synced; null if this object has never been synced from an on-premises directory (default). Boolean
On Premises User Principal Name Contains the on-premises userPrincipalName synchronized from the on-premises directory. The property is only populated for customers who are synchronizing their on-premises directory to Azure Active Directory via Azure AD Connect. String
Other Mails

List of additional email addresses for the user.

List of Text
Password Policies Specifies password policies for the user. String
Password Profile Specifies the password profile for the user. The profile contains the user’s password. Object
Postal Code Postal code for the user's postal address. The postal code is specific to the user's country/region. In the United States of America, this attribute contains the ZIP code. String
Preferred Language Preferred language for the user. String
Provisioned Plans Plans that are provisioned for the user. List of Objects
Proxy Addresses List of user proxy addresses.
List of Text
Show In Address List? True if the Outlook global address list should contain this user, otherwise False. If not set, this will be treated as True. For users invited through the invitation manager, this property will be set to False. Boolean
Sign In Sessions Valid From Date Time Any refresh tokens or sessions tokens (session cookies) issued before this time are invalid. Date & Time
State State or province in the user's address. String
Street Address Street address of the user's place of business. String
Surname User's surname (family name or last name). String
Usage Location Two letter country code (ISO standard 3166).

For examples, US, JP, and GB.

String
User Principal Name User principal name (UPN) of the user. String
User Type Value used to classify user types in your directory.

For example, Member and Guest

String

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