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User Attributes

Checks that Microsoft Entra users have the attributes HR processes, dynamic groups and licensing depend on, that those values are formatted consistently, and that they use your approved values and office locations.

Version
0.5.0
Tests
26
Connectors
0
Published
5 Nov 2026

DevClate · devclate.user-attributes · 0 stars · Open source · MIT

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MP.CLT.UA.1018 User departments are on the approved list.

Severity: LowGraph

Checks that every department set on enabled member users is one of your approved values. Blank values are not checked here (the presence tests check those).

Department is the attribute dynamic groups, licence assignment, Conditional Access scoping and HR reports use most. A department typed slightly differently (Fin, Finance Dept, Finanace) puts the user outside every group and policy built on the approved name, so they silently lose access or licences.

The approved values come from department in CLT.UA.AllowedValues under GlobalSettings in maester-config.json, from the file named in CLT.UA.AllowedValuesFile, or from this test's own AllowedValues, which replaces the shared list for this test only. Until any are set, this test lists the values it finds and asks you to review them (Investigate) instead of failing.

Remediation action

  1. Review the values listed below and decide which are correct.

  2. Add the approved values to maester-config.json:

    { "GlobalSettings": { "CLT.UA.AllowedValues": { "department": ["IT", "Finance", "Human Resources"] } } }

  3. Change the users with a value that is not approved, in the Microsoft Entra admin center (Entra ID > Users > the user > Edit properties > Job information > Department) or with PowerShell: Update-MgUser -UserId <UPN> -Department 'Finance'.

  4. For users synced from Active Directory or provisioned from an HR system, fix the value at the source (department in AD), because changes made in Microsoft Entra ID are overwritten at the next sync.

  5. If a value is correct but not listed, add it to the approved values rather than changing the user.

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