Skype On-Premises Users | Move User to Cloud Voice rule

Limit scope to this domain or OU

This setting defines the search query scope.

To improve query performance, limit the scope to specific OU.

AD query criteria

Query criteria are sent with the query and may improve query performance.

Filter AD query results

To hide unwanted data based on criteria set the filtering conditions here.

Include only licensed users

Prerequisite for moving a user to cloud: user must be assigned a license for Skype for Business Online (Plan 2). If using Teams, a Teams license must also be assigned. 

Map Settings from File

Data source

Specifies the text file to be used.

The […] button allows to browse for the file and the Create/Edit button allows the creation or editing of the existing file in the built-in Data Source editor.

Separator used in file 

Specify separator used in the file: comma or semi-colon.

Data source anchor attribute

Defines the column in the Data Source that will be used to find existent users in Active Directory. This value is compared to the Active Directory Anchor Attribute.

Active Directory anchor attribute

Defines the attribute in the Active Directory to which the Data Source anchor attribute is to be compared.

Filter CSV data

The filter can be used to filter by the values in the CSV file columns like {$_.ColumnName -eq 'value'}

Users with anchor not found in the file 

You can select what users should be moved: those whose anchor not found in the CSV file or only those whose anchor is found in the CSV file.

More Options 

Returned Properties

To display additional properties for each object found by the query, add those properties to the list.

Sort by

Sort result objects list.

Exclude disabled AD users

Specify if disabled AD user accounts should be excluded.

Maximum number of users

By default, all objects that you have provisioned in Microsoft Office 365 are returned.

Post filter

In this filter, you can use both Active Directory attributes and column names from the CSV file. 

Initialization Script 

Script

Usually, rules use query criteria to limit the query search scope. It improves the performance of the executed rule.

Due to PowerShell limitations, it is not possible to use calculated expressions in query criteria. That is the point where the initialization script can help. You can initialize a global variable in this setting and then use it in query criteria. 

Example: Update AD users, created in the last ten days.

1. Add this initialization script:

{$global:DatePeriod = (Get-Date).AddDays(-10)}

2. Use $DatePeriod variable in query criteria builder: