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M365 Changelog: (Updated) ExchangePowerShell – retirement of tenant admin cmdlets to Get, Set, and Remove UserPhotos

Summary

The ExchangePowerShell cmdlets for tenant admins to Get, Set, and Remove UserPhotos are retiring in mid-April 2024. Tenant admins should use Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK or other alternatives for managing user profile photos. Preparation may include updating training and documentation.

MC678855 – Updated April 15, 2024: Microsoft has updated the timing of this change and apologizes for any confusion. Thank you for your patience.

Microsoft is working to ensure a coherent user profile image experience by retiring legacy profile photo services. This announcement covers the retirement of the ExchangePowerShell UserPhoto cmdlets for tenant admins to Get, Set, and Remove user profile photos:

When this will happen:

The retirement is scheduled for late March 2024.

How this affects your organization:

After this change the ExchangePowerShell UserPhoto cmdlets for tenant admins to Get, Set, and Remove user profile photos will no longer be usable.

Tenant admins can perform the same actions to Get, Set, and Remove user profile photos through the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, or alternatively can administer the user photos through Azure Active Directory or through Microsoft 365 Admin Center, as described in this article.

What you can do to prepare:

You may consider updating training and documentation as appropriate.

Relevance

High
Service

Exchange Online
Message ID

MC678855
Last Update

Apr 14, 2024
Published

Apr 14, 2024
Impact Summary
- Admin Impact
- Major Update
- Retire

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