Setting Employee Hire Date in Azure/ Entra ID

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NOTE: You will need access to Azure / Entra ID to do this–your IT admin will have this access.

Option 1: Manual Entry

  1. Navigate to Azure Portal: Microsoft Azure

  2. Open Microsoft Entra ID

  3. On the left hand panel click Users

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  4. Search for a given user and open their profile

  5. Click Edit Properties
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  6. Select Job Information tab

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  7. Set the Hire Date
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  8. Click Save

Option 2: Synchronize from On-Premises Active Directory

If your organization uses an on-premises Active Directory, you can synchronize a custom attribute to the employeeHireDate in Entra ID using Azure AD Connect. Here’s a high-level overview of the process:​

  1. Select an Attribute in Active Directory: Choose an existing attribute in your on-premises Active Directory to store the hire date, such as msDS-cloudExtensionAttribute1.​learn.microsoft.com+3rebeladmin.com+3windows-active-directory.com+3
  2. Populate the Attribute: Enter the hire date in the chosen attribute for each user. The date should be in the format yyyyMMddHHmmss.fZ. For example, a hire date of December 1, 2022, at 8:00 AM would be 20221201080000.0Z.​christianfrohn.dk+2rebeladmin.com+2windows-active-directory.com+2
  3. Configure Azure AD Connect: Set up a synchronization rule in Azure AD Connect to map the chosen Active Directory attribute to the employeeHireDate attribute in Entra ID. This involves creating inbound and outbound synchronization rules.​blog.hametbenoit.info+4rebeladmin.com+4windows