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Enable Additional Attributes

Payal Arya
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Description 

The Enable Additional Attributes feature is available for Exclaimer Cloud and allows you to synchronize additional attributes (aka fields) from Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online) or an on-premises Active Directory.

This feature is appropriate if you want to add a field to your signature that isn't included within the standard set of fields available within the signature designer. For example, you can use the Enable Additional Attributes feature to add personal pronouns to a signature. For more information, see how to add pronouns to the signature template.

How to access it?

REQUIRED! You need to sign in as an Exclaimer Cloud Admin to access the Enable Additional Attributes option.

To access the Additional Azure AD Attributes option:  

  1. From the left-hand pane, click Configuration, then select Manage User Data.
    NOTE: Manage User Data, Manage Mail Flow, Outlook Signatures and Exchange On-Premises are only available once you have successfully configured your Exclaimer Cloud - Signatures for Microsoft 365 subscription. 
  2. From the right-hand pane, under Enable Additional Attributes are all the relevant options.

Configuring the Enable Additional Azure AD Attributes

To enable the additional AD attributes: 

As required, select the appropriate option, then click SAVE to save the changes made:

  • Not Enabled: Select to disable the Additional Attributes and only use the standard Azure AD attributes.

  • Synchronizing All Azure AD Attributes: Select to synchronize up to 100 single-value attributes from a local AD for use in Exclaimer Cloud.

    - This requires an on-premises Active Directory.

    - This requires configuration changes to Azure AD Connect.

  • Synchronizing 15 Custom Attributes available in Microsoft 365 (Recommended): Select to synchronize the 15 Custom Attributes (Exchange Online), also known as Extension Attributes (Active Directory).
What is the difference between 'Synchronizing 15 Custom Attributes available in Microsoft 365' and 'Synchronizing All Azure AD Attributes' options?
  • Synchronizing 15 Custom Attributes available in Microsoft 365 (Recommended)

    - This is the easiest option to configure.

    - This allows you to synchronize the 15 Custom Attributes (Exchange Online), also known as Extension Attributes (Active Directory).

  • Synchronizing All Azure AD Attributes

    - This requires an on-premises Active Directory.

    - This requires configuration changes to Azure AD Connect.

    - This allows you to synchronize up to 100 single-valued attributes from Active Directory. 

Once you have saved your changes to Enable Additional Attributes, please start a manual data synchronization to synchronize the new attributes.

How to locate additional attributes in your environment 

To locate additional attributes in the Exchange Online admin portal:

  1. Log in to the Exchange Online admin portal (https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com) as an Administrator.

    The Exchange admin center is displayed.

  2. From the left-hand navigation menu, select Recipients, then select Mailboxes.

  3. Select the mailbox to which the custom fields were added. The details are displayed on the right-hand pane.

  4. Select the Others tab, then click Custom attributes.
    Example:


    The Manage custom attributes window is displayed listing all the custom attribute fields you added.  

    For more information, see how you can add/edit custom fields (attributes) to your signature.

To locate additional attributes in the Active Directory:

  1. Open the Active Directory Users and Computers.

  2. Go to View and select Enable Advanced Features.

  3. Navigate to the organizational unit which contains the user you wish to populate the data for.

  4. Double-click the user to open the account's properties, then navigate to the Attribute Editor tab.
    NOTE: You will need to enable advanced features to see the Attribute Editor in Active Directory Users and Computers (View > Advanced Features).
    You can synchronize up to 100 additional single-value attributes to Exclaimer Cloud from the Active Directory including extension Attribute 1-15 (also known as custom attribute 1-15).

    Example:

 

Have you got a question? Please take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions page.