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Posted on by bravoss

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Our CRM online instance is tied to the Active Directory so the user details are getting pre-populated and hence are non-editable. Is there a way to change the users first name in CRM that can be done without a change in AD for example by code ?

This is required because I need to migrate the data from where the users first name is slightly different.

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LeoAlt 16,331 on at

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RE: change user first name

Hi partner,

Unfortunately, Office 365 will sync the user information to D365 10-30 mins everytime you edited the user information in Office 365 admin center. So I don't think it's a good idea to change the user name in D365, the best way is to change user name in Office admin center with global administartor permission.

BTW, could you kindly share the reason why you want to change user name only in D365?

Best Regards,

Leo
bravoss 155 on at

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RE: change user first name

Thanks, do you know if any changes made to the user first name in this way (only within CRM Application) and not in AD will continue to remain and AD will not try to re-sync and remove the update.
LeoAlt 16,331 on at

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RE: change user first name

Hi partner,

It is possible to update field value by code.

You could use the following js code to do this.

function updateFirstname(executionContext){

var formContext=executionContext.getFormContext();

formContext.getAttribute("firstname").setValue("Your value");

formContext.data.entity.save();

}

You could also try an OOB way, clone or copy an entity from account with the same fields and then you could update the account by updating the new entity with workflows.

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Leo