Get User Info Azure AD activity

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The Get User Info activity returns the named user's information from the Azure Active Directory.

To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Azure AD. This activity was built with the REST web service activity template.

Important: The REST message used for this activity must be configured to use OAuth 2.0.

Input variables

Variable	Description
user_id	The object ID (GUID) or the user principal name of the target user. An example of a user principal name is someuser@a830edad9050849NDA1.onmicrosoft.com Note: Version 2 of this activity enforces input validation. If empty, the following message appears: "Mandatory input 'user_id' is empty" .

Variable

Description

user_id

The object ID (GUID) or the user principal name of the target user. An example of a user principal name is someuser@a830edad9050849NDA1.onmicrosoft.com Note: Version 2 of this activity enforces input validation. If empty, the following message appears: "Mandatory input 'user_id' is empty"

## Output variables

Variable	Description
error	Returns the error string from the REST message. If there are no errors, this variable returns a null value.
body	Contains a string value representing the output from the REST message.
status_code	Contains the status code returned from the Web service.
user_info	The user_info array contains attributes that can be leveraged by other activities as inputs. For example, the user objectid output (GUID) can be passed to the Add User to Group activity as the user_id input.- objectid: User's Azure AD identifier. accountEnabled: Boolean variable indicating whether the user's account is active or inactive. displayName: Users display name, such as jacinto.gawron. userPrincipalName: User's name in email format, such as jacinto.gawron@wammo.com. mailNickname: User's email alias.

## Conditions

Condition	Description
User exists	Activity found the named user.
User does not exist	Activity was unable to find the named user in the customer tenant domain.
Failure	Activity failed to connect to Azure AD.

Parent Topic:Azure AD activity pack

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# Get User Info Azure AD activity

The Get User Info activity returns the named user's information from the Azure Active Directory.

To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the **Custom** tab, and then navigate to **Custom Activities** &gt; **Azure AD**. This activity was built with the [REST web service activity template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/orchestration/t_CreateARESTWebServiceActivity.md).

**Important:** The REST message used for this activity must be configured to use OAuth 2.0.

## Input variables

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Variable

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Description

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user\_id

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The object ID \(GUID\) or the user principal name of the target user. An example of a user principal name is **someuser@a830edad9050849NDA1.onmicrosoft.com** **Note:** Version 2 of this activity enforces input validation. If empty, the following message appears: "Mandatory input 'user\_id' is empty"

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</table>## Output variables

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Variable

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Description

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error

</td><td>

Returns the error string from the REST message. If there are no errors, this variable returns a null value.

</td></tr><tr><td>

body

</td><td>

Contains a string value representing the output from the REST message.

</td></tr><tr><td>

status\_code

</td><td>

Contains the status code returned from the Web service.

</td></tr><tr><td>

user\_info

</td><td>

The **user\_info** array contains attributes that can be leveraged by other activities as inputs. For example, the user **objectid** output \(GUID\) can be passed to the Add User to Group activity as the **user\_id** input.-   **objectid**: User's Azure AD identifier.
-   **accountEnabled**: Boolean variable indicating whether the user's account is active or inactive.
-   **displayName**: Users display name, such as **jacinto.gawron**.
-   **userPrincipalName**: User's name in email format, such as **jacinto.gawron@wammo.com**.
-   **mailNickname**: User's email alias.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Conditions

|Condition|Description|
|---------|-----------|
|User exists|Activity found the named user.|
|User does not exist|Activity was unable to find the named user in the customer tenant domain.|
|Failure|Activity failed to connect to Azure AD.|

**Parent Topic:**[Azure AD activity pack](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/orchestration/c_AzureADActivityPack.md)