Azure AD Administration¶

Create Azure AD User¶

Creates a new user in Windows Azure Active Directory.

Output parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
Result properties	Returns the dictionary with properties of the user. You can find the full list of properties at MSDN. You can get separate property from dictionary using the workflow action ‘Get an Item from a Dictionary’. See the picture with example under input parameters. To understand Dictionary type read this MSDN article. Dictionary containing user properties. You can find the full list of properties at	The structure of the dictionary with key value pairs: FirstName : "John" LastName : "Davis" DisplayName: "John Davis" MobilePhone: "+1 443 4344555" Office : "505" ...

Parameter

Description

Example

Result properties

Returns the dictionary with properties of the user. You can find the full list of properties at MSDN. You can get separate property from dictionary using the workflow action ‘Get an Item from a Dictionary’. See the picture with example under input parameters.

To understand Dictionary type read this MSDN article. Dictionary containing user properties. You can find the full list of properties at

The structure of the dictionary with key value pairs:

FirstName  : "John"
LastName   : "Davis"
DisplayName: "John Davis"
MobilePhone: "+1 443 4344555"
Office     : "505"
...

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The principal name for the user.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
Display Name	The display name of the user.	John Davis
FirstName	The first name of the user.	John
LastName	The last name of the user.	Davis
Password	The password for the user. If this value is empty, then random password will be generated. This workflow action returns dictionary with properties of the new user. You will be able to get generated password from this dictionary.	Empty or something like `P@$$w0rd33`
AlternateEmailAddresses	The alternate email addresses of the user.	`john.davis@gmail.com`
City	The city of the user.	New York
Country	The country of the user.	USA
Department	The department of the user.	IT Department
Fax	The fax number of the user.	+1 334 634221
LicenseAssignment	The SKU code for Microsoft 365 subscription. You can get it using PowerShell. You can find example of PowerShell script in this article.	Plumsail:Enterprise
MobilePhone	The mobile phone number of the user.	+1 244 23454534
Office	The office of the user.	505
PhoneNumber	The phone number of the user.	+1 244 23454534
PostalCode	The postal code of the user.	33701
PreferredLanguage	The preferred language of the user.	US
State	The state where the user is located.	FL
StreetAddress	The street address of the user.	Bay Pines Blvd
Title	The title of the user.	Manager
UsageLocation	The location of the user where services are consumed. Must be a two-letter country code.	US
PasswordNeverExpires	Sets whether or not the user’s password will expire periodically.	True
StrongPasswordRequired	Sets whether or not the user requires a strong password.	False
BlockCredential	When true, the user will not be able to log on using their user ID.	False
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Remove Azure AD User¶

Removes the user from Windows Azure Active Directory.

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The user ID of the user to remove.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Update Azure AD User¶

Updates a user in Windows Azure Active Directory.

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The principal name for the user.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
DispName	The display name of the user.	John Davis
FirstName	The first name of the user.	John
LastName	The last name of the user.	Davis
Password	The password for the user. If this value is empty, then random password will be generated. This workflow action returns dictionary with properties of the new user. You will be able to get generated password from this dictionary.	Empty or something like `P@$$w0rd33`
AlternateEmailAddresses	The alternate email addresses of the user.	`john.davis@gmail.com`
City	The city of the user.	New York
Country	The country of the user.	USA
Department	The department of the user.	IT Department
Fax	The fax number of the user.	+1 334 634221
LicenseAssignment	The SKU code for Microsoft 365 subscription. You can get it using PowerShell. You can find example of PowerShell script in this article.	Plumsail:Enterprise
MobilePhone	The mobile phone number of the user.	+1 244 23454534
Office	The office of the user.	505
PhoneNumber	The phone number of the user.	+1 244 23454534
PostalCode	The postal code of the user.	33701
PreferredLanguage	The preferred language of the user.	US
State	The state where the user is located.	FL
StreetAddress	The street address of the user.	Bay Pines Blvd
Title	The title of the user.	Manager
UsageLocation	The location of the user where services are consumed. Must be a two-letter country code.	US
PasswordNeverExpires	Sets whether or not the user’s password will expire periodically.	True
StrongPasswordRequired	Sets whether or not the user requires a strong password.	False
BlockCredential	When true, the user will not be able to log on using their user ID.	False
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Get properties from Azure AD user¶

Gets the dictionary with properties of specified user from Windows Azure Active Directory.

Output parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
Result properties	Returns the dictionary with properties of the user. You can find the full list of properties at MSDN. You can get separate property from dictionary using the workflow action ‘Get an Item from a Dictionary’. See the picture with example under input parameters. To understand Dictionary type read this MSDN article. Dictionary containing user properties. You can find the full list of properties at	The structure of the dictionary with key value pairs: FirstName : "John" LastName : "Davis" DisplayName: "John Davis" MobilePhone: "+1 443 4344555" Office : "505" ...

Parameter

Description

Example

Result properties

To understand Dictionary type read this MSDN article. Dictionary containing user properties. You can find the full list of properties at

The structure of the dictionary with key value pairs:

FirstName  : "John"
LastName   : "Davis"
DisplayName: "John Davis"
MobilePhone: "+1 443 4344555"
Office     : "505"
...

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The user ID of the user to retrieve.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Assign License to Azure AD User¶

Add the license assignment for a user.

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The user ID of the user to update.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
License	A license to assign to the user.	Plumsail:enterprise
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Remove License from Azure AD User¶

Remove the license assignment for a user.

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The user ID of the user to update.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
License	A license to remove from the user.	Plumsail:Enterprise
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Reset Password for Azure AD User¶

Resets the password for a user.

Output parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
GeneratedPassword	The password generated for the user. This is output variable

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The user ID of the user to set the password for.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
Change on next login	When true, the user will be required to change their password the next time they sign in.	True
NewPassword	The password for the user. If this value is empty, then random password will be generated. This workflow action returns dictionary with properties of the new user. You will be able to get generated password from this dictionary.	Empty or something like `P@$$w0rd33`
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Create Azure AD Group¶

Adds a new group to the Windows Azure Active Directory.

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
GroupName	The display name of the group.	Helpdesk contributors
GroupDescription	The description of the group.	Can read, write and create new content
ManagedBy	The owner of the group.	`administrator@contoso.com`
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Remove Azure AD Group¶

Removes a group from Windows Azure Active Directory.

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
GroupName	The display name or the unique ID of the group to remove.	Helpdesk contributors
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Add User to Azure AD Group¶

Adds a member to an existing security group.

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The User principal name or the unique ID of the user to add.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
GroupName	The display name or the unique ID of the group.	Helpdesk contributors
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶

Remove User from Azure AD Group¶

Removes a member from a security group.

Input parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Example
User principal name	The User principal name or the unique ID of the user to remove.	`john.davis@plumsail.com`
GroupName	The display name or the unique ID of the group.	Helpdesk contributors
AdminLogin	The login of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	`admin@contoso.com`
AdminPassword	The password of the user who has appropriate permissions to perform operation. This parameter doesn’t exist in the version for SharePoint 2013 on-premise.	admin’sP@ssw0rd$
SiteUrl	The URL of the current SharePoint site. This property defines context of the workflow action. All actions performed by workflow action will be executed on specified SharePoint site. If this property is blank it will use current SharePoint site by default.	`https://contoso/SiteUrl[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]subSite`
ThrowError	Detects whether workflow should be interrupted in case of error or not.	Yes
RunAsPublisher	Detects whether the workflow action has to be ran under the user account who published the workflow (for SharePoint 2013 on-premise only).	Yes

Example¶