While working with Power Automate flows, a lot of times you will get a requirement of how to get manager details in Power Automate. In this Power Automate tutorial, I will explain in detail, how to get the manager details of a user in Power Automate.

I will also go through how to add a manager to a user in Azure Active Directory. Then we will walk through the steps and actions (Power Automate get manager v2) to get the user Manager details in Power Automate.

For some of the workflows in Power Automate, we need the Manager display name, email, and other details.

Here are some of the workflows, you can think of:

In many organizations, employees need to apply for leave for various reasons, such as vacation, sick leave, or personal time off. These leave requests usually require approval from the employee’s manager. We can automate this leave request and approval process using Power Automate. And in this case, we need to get the employee’s manager’s email address in the flow.
In many organizations, employees must submit expense reports for reimbursement. These reports often require approval from the employee’s manager, and it will forwarded to the Finance team. We can automate the expense reimbursement and approval process using Power Automate.

Now let’s see how to add a manager to the User/ Employee in Azure Active Directory.

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Assigning Manager Details to a User in Azure Active Directory

If you are new to Azure AD and not sure how to assign a manager for a user in an active directory, Here we will see how to assign Manager details to the User In Azure Active Directory.

1. Open Azure Active Directory, and then in the Left navigation under ‘Manage‘ select the ‘Users‘ option.

2. From the All users page, select the particular user as I have selected ‘Patti Farendez’

3. Next, click on the Edit properties icon to edit the user profile and add manager to it.

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4. Now you can see the properties related to the user, so if you scroll down, you can see the Manager properties. By clicking on the +Add manager icon, we will add the Manager.

5. Now select the Manager details, and then click on the Select button.

You can see the Manager is added and click on Save.

This is how to add Manager details to a user in Azure Active Directory. Next, we will see how we can access the Manager details using Power Automate.

How to Get Manager Details in Power Automate using Office 365 user connectors

Here we will see how to get the manager details in Power Automate by using Office 365 user connectors.

Example 1: (get manager v2 in Power Automate)

For this I have created an Instant Cloud flow, that will trigger manually, take the user email as input, and get the manager details in Power Automate. Then we will send the Manager details via email.

1. Open Power Automate Cloud, and then click on the +Create button -> select Instant Cloud Flow.