Impersonate Flow actions

[fmourtaza]

Hello mate,

We have got a requirement to update the employees photo in Office 365 - hence I found the handy action "Office 365 > Update my profile photo" - it works only for the users owning the flow - is there any way to impersonate such actions ? 

Any alternative approach are welcome.

Thanks and regards.

[CFernandes]

@fmourtaza 

It is not allowed to Impersonate an action in Power Automate, you can vote up the idea at https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/Allow-Impersonation-in-Flow-Actions/idi-p/8... 

Perhaps you can use the Graph API using an HTTP action(premium connector) and update the profile.

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[fmourtaza]

Hi @CFernandes 

Already tried but not getting the desired results - the content image seems too lengthy - I have one post still open in this forum

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Using-Flows/Update-user-profilephoto-from-CDS-to-AD-using-Graph-...

[CFernandes]

@fmourtaza 

Can you decouple the Flow, perhaps run a child Flow under a different connection. Something similar to https://clavinfernandes.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/decouple-the-flow-from-the-power-app-to-prevent-end...

I have not tried the approch with reference your scenario but it might be worth a try. Also please upvote the idea I mentioned in my previous email if not already done.

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[fmourtaza]

@CFernandes 

In fact the flow has 2 actions only

1. Get the image content

2. Post the image using HTTP action

so I dont think so decoupling a flow will help here as the length of the image seems a problem.  

As well I am not sure if HTTP action is the optimal approach in this case.

[MrPT]

Had a similar need and used the manage run only user to decide if the logged in user or another account (e.g. service account) is to be used. did you try that option?

here is addition info of how it worked

Impersonation Trials – PowerAutomate – HeyMrT (wordpress.com)

[fmourtaza]

Hey @MrPT, thanks for your inputs however I dropped the Flow approach.

Instead I went for Azure WebJobs, I have described the entire steps here

[Olman]

Even if the @fmourtaza abandoned this approach, this answer should be marked as the correct solution, since the goal is achieved. Too bad he couldn't check it, but it is indeed a solution. In my case, the requirement was to change the access levels of items by actions triggered by a user without those privileges, in which case, this solution was the ideal one.