AD User Attributes

Checks that every enabled Active Directory user has a department (department).

Department is the attribute dynamic groups, licence assignment and reports use most once it is synced to Microsoft Entra ID. A user without one falls outside every group built on it.

Remediation action

1. In Active Directory Users and Computers, open each user listed below and go to the Organization tab.
2. Fill in Department and select OK.
3. For many users, use PowerShell with the ActiveDirectory module (RSAT): Set-ADUser -Identity <sAMAccountName> -Department 'Finance'.
4. If the value comes from an HR system or a provisioning tool, fix it there, or the next import overwrites your change.
5. If an account legitimately has no value (a service or resource account), leave it out with ExcludedUsers, ExcludedGroups or the pack-wide CLT.ADUA.ExcludedOUs in maester-config.json rather than filling in a placeholder.

Related links

• Set-ADUser
• Department attribute (Active Directory schema)
• Attributes synchronized to Microsoft Entra ID by Microsoft Entra Connect

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