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Local AD account synced to Azure AD - no local server alive anymore
Hi, I have a problem.. Created a local account on my former AD server and it got synced to Azure AD. The local server doesn't exist anymore so i have only Azure AD today. Is it possible to convert...
Hi, Stefan.
If you have completely removed Active Directory, and therefore also Azure AD Connect, you should ensure that you have also disabled directory synchronisation as outlined below:
- Turn off directory synchronization for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn
- microsoft-365-docs/microsoft-365/enterprise/turn-off-directory-synchronization.md at patch-1708 · msbemba/microsoft-365-docs · GitHub (Provides clarity on group while we wait for the official Microsoft document to show these pending updates.)
- Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled (MSOnline) | Microsoft Learn
When you disabling synchronisation, there will be two important impacts for any existing users and groups that originated from Active Directory:
- User objects will convert from synchronised to Azure-native (which addresses your question);
- Group objects will convert from synchronised to Azure-native.
Cheers,
Lain
