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Failed AD Domain, Failed AD connect. Hybrid connection with Azure.
Hey Guys, TonyRedmond VasilMichev So in my test environment, my VM host failed and unfortunately took the DC, Exchange Server and AD connect server with it. I have built 3 VMs and am ready to re...
You won't lose anything, disabling dirsync will convert accounts to "cloud only" and they will stay as such. Once you rebuild your local environment, you can export the cloud users via PowerShell and populate local AD with their data, then "soft match" them: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-use-smtp-matching-to-match-on-premises-user-accounts-to-office-365-user-accounts-for-directory-synchronization-75673b94-e1b8-8a9e-c413-ee5a2a1a6a78
You might have to clear immutableIDs first though.
You might have to clear immutableIDs first though.
- Thanks Vasil. As always. I havent had a chance to review the link provided yet, but if i clear the immutable ID will that disconnect any existing cloud mailboxes?
Thanks,
Robert- No, it won't affect anything on the cloud side of things.
