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Entra ID Connect Hybrid Option
Hello,
I've a question about the "Entra ID Connect - Exchange Hybrid Option".
If that option hasn't been selected at the first configuration, since there was no need for, and lately the HCW in Exchange has been run to configure the Hybrid environment with the tenant, is it necessary/advisable to rerun the Entra ID connect and enable that option as well ?
Any possible impact ?
What if, on the contrary, that option is selected in an environment where no Hybrid Setup was made but there's an On-Prem exchange ?
thanks
That option enables writeback for few select attributes, as detailed for example here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/connect/reference-connect-sync-attributes-synchronized#exchange-hybrid-writeback
You should only use it when Hybrid is in place.
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Yes, You need to rerun the setup to enable those settings. Its more or less the same for all changes on the Entra ID Connect platform.
That option enables writeback for few select attributes, as detailed for example here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/connect/reference-connect-sync-attributes-synchronized#exchange-hybrid-writeback
You should only use it when Hybrid is in place.
So AFTER I ran the HCW on exchange I should go back on Entra ID connect and enable the option?
No impact on the users I suppose, just to be sure
Yes, rerun it after enabling Hybrid. It will not delete any users :)
