1598 - Supported Entra ID object attributes: Users

Modified on Tue, 5 Aug at 1:09 PM

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Supported attributes

Attribute	Description	Backed up	Restorable
accountEnabled	Defines if account is enabled or not.	Yes	Yes
ageGroup	Age group of the user: minor, notAdult, adult	Yes	Yes
businessPhones	The telephone numbers for the user.	Yes	Yes
city	The city in which the user is located.	Yes	Yes
companyName	The company name which the user is associated.	Yes	Yes
consentProvidedForMinor	Sets whether consent has been obtained for minors: granted, denied, notRequired	Yes	No
country	The country/region in which the user is located.	Yes	Yes
createdDateTime	The date the user object was created.	Yes	No
creationType	Indicates how the user account was created, e.g. by invitation.	Yes	No
department	The name for the department in which the user works.	Yes	Yes
displayName	The name displayed in the address book for the user.	Yes	Yes
employeeHireDate	The date and time when the user was hired or will start work in case of a future hire.	Yes	No
employeeLeaveDateTime	The date and time the user will leave the organisation.	Yes	Yes
employeeId	The employee identifier assigned to the user by the organisation.	Yes	Yes
employeeOrgData	Represents organisation data (e.g. division and costCenter) associated with a user.	Yes	Yes
employeeType	Captures enterprise worker type (e.g. Contractor, Consultant, Employee)	Yes	Yes
externalUserState	An external user's invitation status.	Yes	No
externalUserStateChangeDateTime	Timestamp for the latest change to the externalUserState property.	Yes	No
faxNumber	The fax number of the user.	Yes	No
givenName	The given name (first name) of the user.	Yes	Yes
id	The ID of the object.	Yes	No
identities	The identities that can be used to sign into this user account.	Yes	No
jobTitle	The user's job title.	Yes	No
lastPasswordChangeDateTime	The date the the user last changed their password.	Yes	No
mail	The SMTP address for the user.	Yes	Yes
mailNickname	The mail alias for the user.	Yes	Yes
mobilephone	The primary cellular telephone number for the user.	Yes	Yes
officeLocation	The office location in the user's place of business.	Yes	Yes
OnPremisesDistinguishedName	Contains the on-premises Active Directory distinguished name (DN). The property is only populated for customers who are synchronising their on-premises directory to Microsoft Entra ID via Microsoft Entra Connect.	Yes	No
onPremisesDomainName	Contains the on-premises domainFQDN, also called dnsDomainName synchronised from the on-premises directory. The property is only populated for customers who are synchronising their on-premises directory to Microsoft Entra ID via Microsoft Entra Connect.	Yes	No
onPremisesImmutableId	Used to associate an on-premises user account to their Entra ID user object.	Yes	No
onPremisesExtensionAttributes	For customers who are synchronising their on-premises directory to Microsoft Entra ID via Microsoft Entra Connect.	Yes	No
onPremisesLastSyncDateTime	Indicates the last time at which the object was synced with the on-premises directory.	Yes	No
onPremisesProvisioningErrors	Errors when using Microsoft synchronisation product during provisioning.	Yes	No
onPremisesSamAccountName	Only populated for customers who are synchronising their on-premises directory to Microsoft Entra ID.	Yes	No
onPremisesSecurityIdentifier	Contains the on-premises security identifier (SID) for the user that was synchronised from on-premises to the cloud.	Yes	No
onPremisesSyncEnabled	Indicates whether or not on-premises sync is enabled.	Yes	No
otherMails	A list of additional email addresses for the user	Yes	Yes
passwordPolicies	Specifies password policies for the user.	Yes	No
passwordProfile	Specifies the password profile for the user. The profile contains the user's password. This property is required when a user is created.	Yes	No
postalCode	The postal code for the user's postal address.	Yes	Yes
preferredDataLocation	The preferred data location for the user.	Yes	No
preferredLanguage	The preferred language for the user.	Yes	Yes
proxyAddress	The proxy address for the user.	Yes	No
showInAddressList	Whether or not the Outlook global address list should contain this user.	Yes	No
sponsors	The users and groups responsible for the guest's privileges in the tenant and keeping the guest's information and access updated.	Yes	No
state	The state or province in the user's address.	Yes	Yes
streetAddress	The street address of the user's place of business.	Yes	Yes
surname	The user's surname (family name or last name).	Yes	Yes
usageLocation	A two letter country code (ISO standard 3166). Required for users that will be assigned licenses due to a legal requirement to check for the availability of services in countries.	Yes	Yes
userPrincipalName	The user principal name (UPN) of the user. The general format is alias@domain, where domain must be present in the tenant's collection of verified domains.	Yes	Yes
userType	A string value that can be used to classify user types in your directory, such as "Member" and "Guest."	Yes	Yes

Supported relationships

Note: Restoring is only possible if the linked object/licence still exists, i.e. has not been deleted or unassigned in the Admin Center.

Members
Owners
Manager
Role assignments
App role assignments
Licenses

For assistance with estimating the number of billable users your tenant will have, see Article 1437 - Seat management: key terms.

Read about the limitations of Entra ID object recovery in Article 1554.