Selecting the Users, Groups or Devices tab offers administrators a simple way to search or review users in their environment. Clicking the name of a user, group or device object will lead you to the respective object's details page.
Object Types
User, Group and Device object types are separated in the same manner as Entra ID:
Users include:
Entra ID user objects
Entra ID external users, a.k.a. Guests
Shared mailboxes
Room and Equipment mailboxes
Administrative user accounts
Group objects include:
Entra ID static and dynamic groups
Exchange Online mail-enabled groups and distribution groups
Microsoft Office365 groups and teams
Devices include:
Entra ID joined clients, like modern workplace clients
Entra ID registered devices, like user-owned phones and tablets
Other devices, like printers used by MS Universal Printing or Surface Hubs
Filters
You can use the filters above the list to limit search results to specific User, Group or Device objects:
User Type
Any - Both Members and Guests are displayed
Members - Users native to your tenant (default)
Guests - Azure B2B Guests invited from other tenants
ADM Accounts
Any - Displays all user accounts (default)
ADM - Filter to only show users whose DisplayName starts with "ADM" (admin accounts)
Non-ADM - Negation of the "ADM" Filter
Data completeness
Any - Show users with both complete and missing data (default)
No Data - Show only users with missing data in "job title", "city" or "country"
Only RealmJoin Groups
Turn this toggle off to include groups that do not match any RealmJoin naming scheme. When off all Entra ID groups will be shown.
By default (on), RealmJoin only lists groups related to RealmJoin's operation, such as
Licensing Groups ("lic -")
Application-Assignment Groups ("app -")
Configuration/Permission Groups ("cfg -")
Membership Type
Limit the groups shown to
Static - Groups with static member assignment
Dynamic - Groups with dynamic membership
Any - All groups (default)
Group Type
Limit the search results to the type of Entra ID group
Security - List Security Groups. This currently also includes Exchange-related groups like Distribution Lists and mail-enabled Security Groups.
Unified - List Microsoft 365 groups/teams as well as RealmJoin internal groups like "RealmJoin - All Users"
Only Enabled
If toggled on (default) devices that have been disabled in Entra ID will not be shown.
Switch to off to see all devices including ones that are not enabled.
Operating System / Device Type
Use this filter to select devices based on their operating system or deployment method.
Any - Show all devices
Win (Default) - Show only Windows based devices
Mac - Show only MacOS based devices
CloudPC - Show only Windows365 devices
Mobiles - Show iOS and Android devices
S-Hub - Show Surface Hub devices
Printer - Show Printers (from Universal Printing)
Other - Show devices not matched by any other filters
Compliance State
For managed devices, you can choose to limit the results according to their compliance state in Intune.
Any - Show all devices
Compliant - Show only devices reported as compliant by Intune
Non-Compliant - Show only devices reported as not currently compliant by Intune