Office365 Users Search by First Name -SPACE- Last Name

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I would like to be able to type in "Mark Smith" and have it find me in the Office365 User Search.

However, the only way it seems to work is by typing in "Smith, Mark" Last Name and then Comma SPACE First Name.

Why Can't I search on First Name SPACE Last Name and is the comma in the Display Name throwing things off?

In some cases the person searching may only know the first name or part of the last name, so by being able to type in "Mark SPACE and part of the last name I should be able to get the results that way."

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Mark

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The reason you can't search by FirstName first is because in Office 365(Azure) your user Display Names are probably set up as Lastname, Firstname and the search is looking for an exact match of the string that the user types.

Maybe try using a Combobox as that maybe easier for the user to use.

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That is what I figured, too bad it won't or can't use wildcards to search on whatever is typed instead of an exact match.

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