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ijhoward
May 26, 2020Copper Contributor
Azure AD Connect Distribution groups to in cloud managed
Hi all I'm managing a hybrid tenancy at the moment for which the distribution groups are managed in Active directory and then synced to office 365. I would like to be able to manage the distribu...
VasilMichev
May 26, 2020MVP
Depends on what you mean by that. You need to disable synchronization server-side, by running the Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled cmdlet or via the UI.
ijhoward
May 26, 2020Copper Contributor
VasilMichev I'd like to convert existing distribution groups into cloud managed rather than AD managed but maintain the rest of the AAD sync as normal. Additionally, I don't want the have to recreate all of the DGs in cloud but for them to persist as in-cloud DGs.
- VasilMichevMay 27, 2020MVP
There's no way to "convert" a synced object to cloud one. You have to recreate the DG directly in O365.