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This article is deep dive into MCommunity data and different ways to access it. MCommunity is the University of Michigan's public directory, providing information about people and groups. The directory information is often necessary for day-to-day research study management, day-to-day business operations at centers & institutes, and for automation.

Each contact in the People list has a specific type that encapsulates the relationship with that person. Thus, each contact can only have one contact type at a time, but they can change as people's relationship with the University of Michigan or with the center changes. This is a short guide to each contact type.

The Groups list in TrackMaster contains configuration for groups of people served by the center, affinity groups, working groups, etc. It contains MCommunity sync settings, and definitions of "communities" (larger collections of people, typically those served by a specific team or core). Group membership can be set in the People list by selecting the specific groups to which a person belongs, or synced automatically from MCommunity. Membership in a group can also be added automatically when a pe

This document presents three different sync approaches between MCommunity and SharePoint Lists that work within the security restrictions of Office 365 and Power Automate, including Microsoft's default Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy which restricts calling 3rd-party APIs directly.