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Change to user display name not reflected in PowerApps app list

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I welcome your thoughts on the following scenario:

1. We published an app with a service account.

2. We changed the display name of the service account in AD.

3. The account appears correct (new name is present) in AAD/O365 admin center.

4. We created a new PowerApp while logged in as the service account (logout/login after the name change synched)

5. We shared the app. Notification email included the new display name.

6. But the apps list shows the new app with Owner and Modified By reading as the old display name. Several weeks went by without any change to the display name, so it does not appear to be a sync or timer job type of issue.

 

This is a cosmetic issue that our leadership wants to address. I suppose a workaround would be to create a new account with the desired display name, and create the app with that. Is there any way around this? I'm just not sure how PowerApps is holding on to the old display name.

 

Any thoughts? In this case (see screenshot) we just want to remove the <Do Not Reply>.

 

Thanks,

  • MichaelCarlos Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at
    Re: Change to user display name not reflected in PowerApps app list

    I have found a workaround for updating the display name of the app owners. It must be done in two steps using the following PowerShell cmdlet: Set-AdminPowerAppOwner
    1) Assign a new owner for the app.

    2) Run the cmdlet again to assign the original owner. 

    This will update the display name, but must be run separately for each app. 

    Please see the detailed instructions for the cmdlet "Set-AdminPowerAppOwner" at this link:

    Set-AdminPowerAppOwner (Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell) | Microsoft Docs

  • Sameh_elsakka Profile Picture
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    Re: Change to user display name not reflected in PowerApps app list

    Hello , i know this is a old topic but i am facing the same issue ,did you solve it ?

  • jo Profile Picture
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    Re: Change to user display name not reflected in PowerApps app list

    @linhtran to help out

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