How to remove specific account from Microsoft 365 people search

WIP… This is to support YouTube video with test results data

Account/Status/ActionDesignerJohanDavid
Typeservice accountadmindisabled
Status:
Appears in search vertical All
Appears in search vertical People
Appears in Outlook people picker
Appears in Outlook – Users Address List
Action:
Hide account with “Show in global address list” set to “No” (same as “Hide from global address list (GAL)” set to “True”);
Wait from 4 hours to 2 weeks 🙂
Status: Appears under search
– Teams: All
– Teams: People
– Bing: All
– Bing: People
– Office.com, SharePoint: All
– Office.com, SharePoint: People
Status: Appears in orgstructure
– Teams
– Bing
– Office.com, SharePoint
Status:
Appears in Outlook people picker
Appears in Outlook – Users Address List
Action: Hide account from search with
“ShowInAddressList” Azure AD User property set to “False”
Wait… from 4 hours to 2 weeks
Status: Appears under search
– Teams: All
– Teams: People
– Bing: All
– Bing: People
– Office.com, SharePoint: All
– Office.com, SharePoint: People
Status: Appears in orgstructure
– Teams
– Bing
– Office.com, SharePoint
Status:
Appears in Outlook people picker
Appears in Outlook – Users Address List

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *