And this causes confusion for people when they look for you on different platforms.īefore we get to why this is happening, I opened a ticket with Microsoft, which sent me a few links regarding the sync. But what happens when things do not go according to plan? Recently, I noticed that my Teams photo is different from my Office 365 one, and I did not have one showing on SharePoint Online. Shutterstock Microsoft 365 user profile photos: When things go wrongįor many who have been implementing profile photos in Active Directory, having these now sync across all applications like Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business ( if still used), SharePoint, and other applications is expected. You can do the same from SharePoint and have someone upload photos of users, for example, photos done by a professional company.

Applications like CodeTwo can import user photos into Active Directory, or you can do it in Active Directory yourself, as we will show you below. It’s also a good feature for IT staff so that employees know who they are calling and dealing with. Many companies want this information shown, especially when it comes to a hierarchy of employees reporting to a manager and who that person reports to. They give you the face of a person either in the company or external to the company.

User profile photos, especially in Microsoft 365, are one of the most common features in applications today.

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