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Built-in "People" Term Group, how values are been populated and can we use it inside SharePoint
Inside any SharePoint online we have a term group named "People", and each tenant will have different values under the term sets, here are the values from one tenant:- and on my test tenant w...
Hi johnjohn-Peter ,
that's correct, this information comes automatically from Entra ID.
I recommend that you do not use this default termset, but create your own. This is controllable and can be used and adapted as required.Best, Dave
Hi johnjohn-Peter ,
that's correct, this information comes automatically from Entra ID.
I recommend that you do not use this default termset, but create your own. This is controllable and can be used and adapted as required.
Best, Dave
thanks for the reply, but why you suggest creating our own term set? i mean if we use this built-in one , we do not have to worry about maintaining the department terms? am i correct? unless there are drawbacks i am unaware of.
in most cases, it has far too many entries, including outdated ones. To provide users with only active, valid terms, we often create our own termset. Feel free to use the existing one.
Best, dave
