Import SQL Data | Create Office 365 Guest Users rule – Cayosoft Help Center

Rule description

This rule queries the specified Microsoft SQL data source and provisions new Office 365 guests accounts according to the Action section settings. The data source can be either a Microsoft SQL Table or View.

When to use this rule

Use this rule when you need to perform bulk Office 365 guest user accounts provisioning into Microsoft Office 365.

Rule Settings

Query Section

Setting name	Description
SQL Instance	Specify the name of the SQL Instance as defined in the Utils Extension SQL Server configuration. Using the Default SQL Instance setting will retrieve the current setting from the SQL Connection settings of the Utils extension. Note: For more information, please see Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server data source article.
SQL Database Name	Specify database name from selected SQL Instance.
SQL Table	Specify SQL Table or View from the selected database. Click the [...] button to display a list of tables from which to choose.
SQL Credentials	Specify the database from the data source SQL Instance. Click the [...] button to enter SQL Credentials. Note: Cayosoft Administrator does not support Windows Authentication for connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server database. The database connection must use SQL Server Authentication, where the credentials (username and password) are created and managed within SQL Server itself. Mixed Mode refers to the SQL Server configuration that allows both SQL Server Authentication and Windows Authentication, but only SQL Server Authentication is supported by Cayosoft.
Data Source Filter	You can use the point-and-click filter builder for the specified data source. Note: If Where Clause is also specified, it will be applied and DataSource Filter will be ignored.
More options
Return These SQL Columns	Specify columns returned by the data source.
Where Clause	Define a WHERE statement in the SQL query sent to the data source to limit the rows returned by SQL Server.
Properties to Display	Select properties to display for each object found by the query.
Filter Data	Set the filtering conditions to only return objects or data that need to be processed by the rule. Example: filter by Name column.
Initialization Script
Script	For example, you can use PowerShell script to copy datasource CSV file from one place to another or generate a CSV file with data from some external system.

Action Section

Setting name	Description
Account
InviteEmail	The Email address to which the invitation is sent. If the Data Source contains a field named InviteEmail, do nothing. Otherwise, use the Selector button to choose a field from the Data Source.
First Name (FirstName)	If the Data Source contains a field named FirstName, do nothing. Otherwise, use the Selector button to choose a field from the Data Source.
Last Name (LastName)	If the Data Source contains a field named LastName, do nothing. Otherwise, use the Selector button to choose a field from the Data Source.
Display Name	If the Data Source contains fields named FirstName and LastName, do nothing. Otherwise, use the Selector button to select a field from the Data Source or contact Cayosoft for an override format.
Settings
Usage location	Specify the usage location.
Account status	Specify invited guest user account status.
Send invite	Specify if to send an invitation email to the invited guest user.
Personal message	You can specify a personal message that will be sent to the invited guest user.
Redirect URL	The URL to which the invited user is forwarded after accepting the invitation.
Organization
Office Job Title (Title) Department	Specify a static text value or use the Selector button to choose a field from the Data Source.
Contact Info
Country Office Phone (telephoneNumber) Mobile Phone (mobile) Street Address City State Postal Code Fax	Specify a static text value or use the Selector button to choose a field from the Data Source.

Output Section

This section defines the output format of this rule.

To get more information about this section, please see the Output section article.

Enforce/Schedule section

This section defines the schedule for how often to run the rule.

To get more information about this section, please see the Enforce/Schedule section article.

Change History

Version	Notes
7.3.0	Data Source filter is added.
7.2.0	The rule is introduced in the product.

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Import SQL Data | Create Office 365 Guest Users rule