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Connect Sync vs Cloud Sync vs other?
Hi, Been going through this comparison: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/cloud-sync/what-is-cloud-sync#how-is-microsoft-entra-cloud-sync-different-from-microsoft-entra-connect...
Hi, Shim.
No, there is no free tool from Microsoft to synchronise users created in Azure AD back to on-premise Active Directory.
You also need to consider that if you already run AAD Connect and somehow "synchronise" a user from Azure AD back to Active Directory, then that user can no longer be (fully) managed in Azure AD. Instead, AAD Connect will join the the on-premise account to the Azure AD account making the on-premise account the one which (almost) all management must take place.
If you have a strategic plan to go cloud-native, you don't want to go down this path. It's not even a great outcome for hybrid environments - at least not at the strategic level (tactical exceptions come up from time to time).
Cheers,
Lain