How to create and activate users in the target Yammer environment (4343703)

During the migration of discussions and documents to the target Yammer network, Migration Manager for Enterprise Social (MMES) impersonates users to post the content on their behalf. Impersonation is only possible when there has been an active user account on the target Yammer network. However, Office 365 users with a Yammer license do not have a Yammer user profile until after an initial log in. This creates a significant problem for the migration team, since they need to identify users who do not have their Yammer profiles created and synchronized with Office 365.

MMES provides a workaround that allows the migration team to automate the user activation and initial profile synchronization in Yammer. Perform the following procedure to migrate inactive Yammer accounts:

Note: All steps below should be performed in the target Office 365 Admin Console and Yammer environment.

1. In the main Office 365 Admin Center, export all Office 365 licensed users to a CSV:

1. In the app launcher, click Admin.
2. In the Office 365 Admin Center, select Users.
3. On the Active users page, select Export.
4. A .csv file with a default name is created in the Downloads folder.

If you move the file, you will need to locate it in the next step.

2.) Generate a CSV file for bulk update of Yammer users:

1. Open PowerShell and enter the following commands.

$MMESInstallationPath = “C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Migration Manager for Enterprise Social\Dell.SMSP.Service.PowerShell.dll”

Import-Module $MMESInstallationPath

Get-SMXYammerBulkUserUpdateFile

1. A File Explorer window opens. Select the .csv file created in step one.

A file named BulkUpdateUsers.csv is created in the same folder.

NOTE: Creating an active user profile requires a temporary password. The Get-SMXYammerBulkUserUpdateFile command automatically inserts a temporary password in the CSV file. The password is not used for user logons when Yammer is integrated with Office 365 sign-in. You do not need to modify the temporary password.

1. The resulting BulkUpdateUsers.csv file is a full export of the users in your target Office 365 tenant that have been formatted to create these users within Yammer. If you do not want every user to be created in the target Yammer, then you can edit the BulkUpdateUsers.csv file to include only those users that you want to create in the target Yammer environment.

4.) Import users to Yammer:

Use the Bulk Update Users tool in the Yammer Network Admin console to import users from the CSV file created in the previous step.

5.) Perform initial profile synchronization:

The purpose of this step is to synchronize the profile properties for imported users with their Office 365 profiles. While Microsoft supports one-way profile synchronization between Office 365 and Yammer, it does not happen for imported users automatically. MMES includes a PowerShell cmdlet to perform theinitial synchronization using the exported user CSV file (from step 1).

NOTE: If this is a new PowerShell session, you must import the MMES PowerShell module into the PowerShell session before running the command.

$MMESInstallationPath = “C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Migration Manager for Enterprise Social\Dell.SMSP.Service.PowerShell.dll”

Import-Module $MMESInstallationPath

Run the following command to perform synchronization:

Set-SMXYammerProfiles -Name <Yammer connection name> -ProjectName <Project name>

Example:

Set-SMXYammerProfiles -Name "SourceYammer"  -ProjectName "Migration Project 1"

Note: If there are spaces in the project or connection name, double quotes will need to be used.