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Updated August 20, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[What and Why:]
To help people discover and understand organizational
information more easily, Microsoft is changing the default visibility of 11
existing profile card properties in Microsoft 365 profile cards. Today, these
properties can be populated from Microsoft Entra ID and other supported external
data sources such as People Graph Connectors and Microsoft 365 Organizational
Data, but they are disabled by default and require administrators to manually
enable them. You can find more on the existing profile card property management
here.
With this update, these properties will be displayed by default
when populated with data. This helps organizations surface relevant employee
information more consistently while reducing administrative effort for commonly
used profile attributes. Organizations retain administrative controls to manage
visibility according to their business, privacy, and compliance requirements.
The following properties are included in this update:
- Division
- Role
- Employee
number
- Employee
type
- Cost
center
- User
principal name (UPN)
- Alias
- Fax
- Street
address
- State
- Postal
code
[Rollout Schedule:]
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rollout in late September 2026 (previously late August) and expect to complete by late September 2026 (previously late August).
[Impact to your organization:]
Who is affected
- Global
Administrators and People Administrators responsible for profile card
management.
- Organizations with users whose profile data includes
one or more of the affected properties.
Platforms/Services
- Microsoft
365 Profile Cards
- Microsoft
Entra ID
- Microsoft
365 Organizational Data
- Microsoft
Entra People Graph Connectors
- Microsoft
Graph profile card management APIs
- Microsoft
365 admin center
What will happen
- The 11
listed properties will automatically appear on profile cards when the
corresponding attributes contain data.
- The
change is enabled by default.
- Attributes
sourced from Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365 Organizational Data, and
Microsoft Entra People Graph Connectors follow the same visibility
behavior.
- No
changes are made to underlying attribute values or source systems.
- No
changes are required from end users.
- Tenants
that have never configured profile card settings will automatically
receive the new default visibility behavior.
- Only properties with populated values will appear on
profile cards.
[Action Required/Recommendations:]
If your organization does not want specific properties
displayed on profile cards, action is recommended before September 24, 2026.
Review current profile card configuration
Use Microsoft Graph to review existing profile card property
settings:
HTTP GET graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/admin/people/profileCardProperties
Hide properties before rollout
To prevent a property from being displayed, configure the
property as hidden using Microsoft Graph.
Example: Hide Employee Number
HTTP
POST
graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/admin/people/profileCardProperties Content-Type: application/json { "directoryPropertyName": "EmployeeId", "isVisible": false }
For each property, you can use the property mappings below:
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Profile
card label
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directoryPropertyName
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Division
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Division
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Role
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Role
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Employee number
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EmployeeId
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Employee type
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EmployeeType
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Cost center
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CostCenter
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User principal name (UPN)
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UserPrincipalName
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Alias
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Alias
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Fax
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Fax
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Street address
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StreetAddress
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State
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StateOrProvince
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Postal code
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PostalCode
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Important: Each property requires a separate
Microsoft Graph API call. Bulk enable or bulk disable operations are not
currently supported.
You can find more on using Microsoft Graph APIs for showing and hiding profile
card attributes here.
Recommended Administrator Actions
- Verify
your current profile card configuration using Microsoft Graph and review
which of the affected properties contain data in your tenant.
- Use
Microsoft Graph Profile Card APIs to hide any properties that should
remain unavailable to users before rollout begins on September 24, 2026.
- Communicate
the upcoming change to help desk and support teams.
After rollout, administrators can continue managing profile
card visibility through Microsoft 365 admin center > People settings >
Profile cards. Changes made can take up to 24 hours to be reflected
on profile cards across Microsoft 365 experiences.
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