diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/dashboard-page/dashboard-page.component.html b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/dashboard-page/dashboard-page.component.html
index c62c29555e..9683ddddc5 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/dashboard-page/dashboard-page.component.html
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/dashboard-page/dashboard-page.component.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <div class="tb-dashboard-action-panels flex flex-col items-stretch justify-center gt-sm:flex-row gt-sm:items-center gt-sm:justify-between">
         <div class="tb-dashboard-action-panel tb-left-panel" [class.!hidden]="isMobileApp && !isEdit">
           @if (!isPublicUser() && forceFullscreen) {
-            <tb-user-menu class="gt-sm:!hidden" displayUserInfo="true">
+            <tb-user-menu class="gt-sm:!hidden">
             </tb-user-menu>
           }
           @if (isEdit) {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             <mat-icon>arrow_forward</mat-icon>
           </button>
           @if (!isPublicUser() && forceFullscreen) {
-            <tb-user-menu class="lt-md:!hidden" displayUserInfo="true">
+            <tb-user-menu class="lt-md:!hidden">
             </tb-user-menu>
           }
           <button [class.!hidden]="!showRightLayoutSwitch()" mat-icon-button
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/home.component.html b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/home.component.html
index a023c3cafc..5b67d91b98 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/home.component.html
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/home.component.html
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
       <div class="flex-1 overflow-y-auto">
         <tb-side-menu></tb-side-menu>
       </div>
+      <tb-user-menu></tb-user-menu>
     </mat-toolbar>
   </mat-sidenav>
   <mat-sidenav-content>
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@
           </button>
         }
         <tb-notification-bell></tb-notification-bell>
-        <tb-user-menu [displayUserInfo]="!displaySearchMode()"></tb-user-menu>
       </mat-toolbar>
       @if (!hideLoadingBar && (isLoading$ | async)) {
         <mat-progress-bar color="warn" style="z-index: 10; margin-bottom: -4px; width: 100%;" mode="indeterminate"
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/home.component.scss b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/home.component.scss
index d8832e556b..ef7b91e2fa 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/home.component.scss
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/home.component.scss
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@
       }
     }
     .tb-side-menu-toolbar {
-      overflow-y: auto;
+      overflow: hidden;
       height: inherit;
       padding: 0;
       border-right: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12);
+      tb-user-menu {
+        border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12);
+      }
     }
   }
   .tb-primary-toolbar {
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.html b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.html
index 91454db185..b7157488a9 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.html
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.html
@@ -15,35 +15,28 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<section class="flex flex-row">
-  @if (displayUserInfo) {
-    <div class="tb-user-info flex flex-row lt-lg:!hidden">
-      <mat-icon class="material-icons tb-mini-avatar">account_circle</mat-icon>
-      <div class="flex flex-col items-stretch justify-center">
-        @if (userDisplayName$ | async; as userDisplayName) {
-          <span class="tb-user-display-name">{{ userDisplayName }}</span>
-        }
-        @if (authorityName$ | async; as authorityName) {
-          <span class="tb-user-authority">{{ authorityName | translate }}</span>
-        }
-      </div>
+<button mat-button class="tb-user-menu" [matMenuTriggerFor]="userMenu">
+  <tb-icon class="material-icons tb-mini-avatar">mdi:account-circle-outline</tb-icon>
+  <div class="flex flex-col items-stretch justify-center">
+    @if (userDisplayName$ | async; as userDisplayName) {
+      <span class="tb-user-display-name">{{ userDisplayName }}</span>
+    }
+    @if (authorityName$ | async; as authorityName) {
+      <span class="tb-user-authority">{{ authorityName | translate }}</span>
+    }
+  </div>
+</button>
+<mat-menu #userMenu="matMenu" xPosition="before" yPosition="above">
+  @if (authority$ | async; as authority) {
+    <div class="tb-user-menu-items">
+      <button mat-menu-item (click)="openAccount()">
+        <mat-icon class="material-icons">account_circle</mat-icon>
+        <span translate>account.account</span>
+      </button>
+      <button mat-menu-item (click)="logout()">
+        <mat-icon class="material-icons">exit_to_app</mat-icon>
+        <span translate>home.logout</span>
+      </button>
     </div>
   }
-  <button mat-icon-button [matMenuTriggerFor]="userMenu">
-    <mat-icon class="material-icons">more_vert</mat-icon>
-  </button>
-  <mat-menu #userMenu="matMenu" xPosition="before">
-    @if (authority$ | async; as authority) {
-      <div class="tb-user-menu-items">
-        <button mat-menu-item (click)="openAccount()">
-          <mat-icon class="material-icons">account_circle</mat-icon>
-          <span translate>account.account</span>
-        </button>
-        <button mat-menu-item (click)="logout()">
-          <mat-icon class="material-icons">exit_to_app</mat-icon>
-          <span translate>home.logout</span>
-        </button>
-      </div>
-    }
-  </mat-menu>
-</section>
+</mat-menu>
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.scss b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.scss
index 92befac2b1..995e82765a 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.scss
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.scss
@@ -14,37 +14,47 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 :host {
-  div.tb-user-info {
+  button.tb-user-menu {
+    width: 250px;
+    height: 100%;
+    padding: 16px;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: start;
+    gap: 8px;
     line-height: 1.5;
 
     span {
       text-transform: none;
+      text-align: start;
     }
 
     span.tb-user-display-name {
-      font-size: .8rem;
-      font-weight: 300;
-      letter-spacing: .008em;
+      color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.76);
+      font-size: 14px;
+      line-height: 16px;
+      font-weight: 500;
+      letter-spacing: 0.25px;
     }
 
     span.tb-user-authority {
-      font-size: .8rem;
-      font-weight: 300;
-      letter-spacing: .005em;
-      opacity: .8;
+      color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.54);
+      font-size: 12px;
+      line-height: 16px;
+      font-weight: 400;
+      letter-spacing: 0.25px;
     }
 
   }
 
   .mat-icon.tb-mini-avatar {
-    width: 36px;
-    height: 36px;
-    margin: auto 8px;
-    font-size: 36px;
-    cursor: default;
+    width: 32px;
+    height: 32px;
+    font-size: 32px;
+    margin: 0;
   }
 }
 
 .tb-user-menu-items {
-  min-width: 256px;
+  min-width: 250px;
 }
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.ts b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.ts
index 15c56dfb3f..1fcde5a1b6 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.ts
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/shared/components/user-menu.component.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 /// limitations under the License.
 ///
 
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, Input, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, Input, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { User } from '@shared/models/user.model';
 import { Authority } from '@shared/models/authority.enum';
 import { select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { selectAuthUser, selectUserDetails } from '@core/auth/auth.selectors';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { AuthService } from '@core/auth/auth.service';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { MatMenu, MatMenuTrigger } from '@angular/material/menu';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'tb-user-menu',
@@ -33,8 +34,6 @@ import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 })
 export class UserMenuComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
-  @Input() displayUserInfo: boolean;
-
   authorities = Authority;
 
   authority$ = this.store.pipe(