You assign or remove an employee from a department by setting the Department field on their profile. Each person belongs to one department at a time, so selecting a new department automatically removes them from their previous one. How you do it depends on the field’s data source.
If Department is synced with Microsoft 365 / Entra ID
Set or change the department on the employee’s profile in Entra ID or Microsoft 365. The change syncs to OneDirectory on the next sync.
If Department is editable in OneDirectory
In your live directory, click Edit in Console in the top bar, next to your profile picture.
In the Directory Console sidebar, select People.
Click the employee’s row. A panel opens on the right, on the Profile Details tab.
Click the Value next to the Department field.
Select a new department to move them there, or clear the field to remove them.
Click the green check to save the change, or the red X to discard it.
Note: Not sure which applies? Check the field’s data source in the Directory Console under Fields — see Making a field editable. |