Import an user from an external Azure Active Directory (AAD)

Import-D365ExternalUser [-Id] <String> [-Name] <String> [-Email] <String> [[-Enabled] <Int32>]
 [[-Company] <String>] [[-Language] <String>] [[-DatabaseServer] <String>] [[-DatabaseName] <String>]
 [[-SqlUser] <String>] [[-SqlPwd] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Imports an user from an AAD that is NOT the same as the AAD tenant that the D365FO environment is running under

Import-D365ExternalUser -Id "John" -Name "John Doe" -Email "[email protected]"

This will import an user from an external Azure Active Directory. The new user will get the system wide Id "John". The name of the new user will be "John Doe". The e-mail address / sign-in e-mail address will be registered as "[email protected]".

The internal Id that the user must be imported with

The Id has to unique across the entire user base

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The display name of the user inside the D365FO environment

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The email address of the user that you want to import

This is also the sign-in user name / e-mail address to gain access to the system

If the external AAD tenant has multiple custom domain names, you have to use the domain that they have configured as default

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Should the imported user be enabled or not?

Default value is 1, which equals true / yes

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 4
Default value: 1
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Default company that should be configured for the user, for when they sign-in to the D365 environment

Default value is "DAT"

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 5
Default value: DAT
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Language that should be configured for the user, for when they sign-in to the D365 environment

Default value is "en-US"

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 6
Default value: En-us
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The name of the database server

If on-premises or classic SQL Server, use either short name og Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

If Azure use the full address to the database server, e.g. server.database.windows.net

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 7
Default value: $Script:DatabaseServer
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The name of the database

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 8
Default value: $Script:DatabaseName
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The login name for the SQL Server instance

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 9
Default value: $Script:DatabaseUserName
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The password for the SQL Server user

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 10
Default value: $Script:DatabaseUserPassword
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Tags: User, Users, Security, Configuration, Permission, AAD, Azure Active Directory

Author: Anderson Joyle (@AndersonJoyle)

Author: Mötz Jensen (@Splaxi)