Why is UserType column part of the default output for Get-MgUser?

[alexandair]

Get-MgUser doesn't output the UserType property by default.
Why is then the UserType column part of the default output table?
That column is always empty by default.

[peombwa]

UserType is a property of User type. As per the user resource type reference doc, UserType is :

A string value that can be used to classify user types in your directory, such as Member and Guest.

Returned only on $select. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, in, and eq on null values). NOTE: For more information about the permissions for member and guest users, see What are the default user permissions in Azure Active Directory?

➜ Get-MgUser -Select UserType, DisplayName | select UserType, DisplayName

UserType DisplayName
-------- -----------
Member   Conf Room Adams
Member   AdeleV
Member   MOD Administrator
Member   AlexW
Member   AllanD
Member   Automate Bot

[alexandair]

My question remains:
Why is UserType part of the DEFAULT output?
As you cannot get it unless you specify -Select, it shouldn't be present by default because it's always empty (by default).

[peombwa]

Aha! I see your point. It is currently included in format.ps1xml as part of the default view because it returned by default in beta. We didn't have a way to distinguish format.ps1xml by API versions in v1.x of the module. Everything was bundled together in one module.

We will review the existing default views in v2 since we now have separate modules for v1.0 and beta. I've opened an issue to track this at #1903.