Properties null when using /users but not when using /me/contacts

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When getting contacts from https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts I get all properties for a user, ex:

{
  displayName: 'Joe Joeson',
  jobTitle: 'Administrator',
  department: 'HK',
  mobilePhone: '09823987234',
  businessPhones: '8934598743',
  mail: 'joe@mail.com',
}

But when I get all users of the organization (with https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$select=displayName,jobTitle,department,mobilePhone,businessPhones,mail,userType) the same contact doesnt get some properties, ex:

{
  displayName: 'Joe Joeson',
  jobTitle: null,
  department: null,
  mobilePhone: null,
  businessPhones: null,
  mail: 'joe@mail.com',
}

Why? Its the same contact? Or am I missing something? Should I get all contacts from the organization in another way?

I have confirmed that all properties are set in https://portal.azure.com

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1 Answers

The /contacts and /users endpoints return two different entities. A contact entity represents an Outlook Contact from the current user's Exchange mailbox whereas the a user entity represents an User directory object from the tenant's Active Directory instance.

The reason you're seeing two different results is because you're returning two different entities. The first is the Joe Joeson contact from your Outlook/Exchange mailbox and the second is the Joe Joeson user from Active Directory.

The reason you're seeing less information from /users is due to your requesting the Read all users' basic profiles (aka User.ReadBasic.All) scope. This scope can only see a limited number of properties from a user resource: displayName, givenName, surname, photo, and mail.

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