Map the "displayName" Attribute in Microsoft Azure IdP to "name" Attribute in Auth0

Last Updated: Sep 10, 2025

Overview

In a SAML connection, when trying to map an attribute called "displayName" that is passed from the Microsoft Azure IdP to the "name" attribute in Auth0, it is not working. Here is the mapping added to the connection.

{
"name": [
"displayName",
"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/displayName", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name"
]
}

Applies To

SAML
Microsoft Azure

Cause

If the http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name attribute is not mapped to something, it will always be mapped to the name attribute.

Solution

The value http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name can be mapped to something else, such as saml_name. Setting the options.fieldsMap to the following should resolve the issue:

{
"name": [
    "displayName",
    "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/displayName",
    "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name"
],
"saml_name": "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name"
}