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Copper Contributor

Apr 06, 2020

Synchronizing Office365 users to Azure AD

I have noticed that when we provision a user in the Office 365 Admin portal, a user is provisioned in Azure AD for our tenant. When this user is provisioned, only the most basic information is synch...

Bronze Contributor

Apr 06, 2020

Hi Russ Burden

Azure AD is the Identity Service used by all Microsoft 365 services.

If you create a user from the O365 portal, it's actually created in Azure AD.

Like when you create a user in Exchange on-prem, it's actually created in the local AD.

That being said, if you fill in the address information in O365, it should also show up in AAD.

I just tested and this works for me.

What attributes don't you see in AAD?

Russ Burden

Copper Contributor

Apr 06, 2020

Thijs Lecomte What I have is, for instance, address. If I create a user with no address, but update it later, the update is not synchronized to the AAD object. I have several users that have addresses in o365 Admin that are not populated in AAD.

Thijs Lecomte
Bronze Contributor
Apr 06, 2020
I just checked and updating the address field from admin center sync to AAD.
These aren't sync'ed users right? They were created in O365 admin?
- Russ Burden
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 06, 2020
  Thijs Lecomte These are cloud only accounts created in o365 admin. Does it sync the reverse, from AAD to 365?
  - oliwer_sundgren
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 10, 2020
    HelloRuss Burden !
    Office365 and Azure AD should always be in sync, if its cloud only users. However there might be a delay sometimes.
    
    Try and edit a users street, department or other information and wait to see if it syncs 🙂
    You could also check the users information in Delve to see if it synced there.
    
    Kind Regards
    Oliwer Sjöberg