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Copper Contributor

Mar 13, 2018

Azure AD Connect from on premises to Office 365 Business Premium

Hi there, New to the forum so be gentle! OK so I am about to setup a new 2016 on premises AD domain (they won't do Microsoft 365 Business) with 20 users and I would like to connect and sync...

MVP

Mar 13, 2018

I'm assuming you are talking about the group-based licensing feature (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-licensing-whatis-azure-portal)? If so, you can certainly set up a group that is synced from AD for it, and add the user upon creation to it.

Alternatively, you can use a dynamic group: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-groups-dynamic-membership-azure-portal

Alastair Ferguson

Copper Contributor

Mar 14, 2018

Hi Vasil,

Thanks for that.

It seems as though the dynamic Group is for Azure AD Premium T1 which the customer doesn't have.

I looked at Group Writeback and it seems that it requires Exchange on premises which the customer also doesn't have.

>>If so, you can certainly set up a group that is synced from AD for it, and add the user upon creation to it.

Can you point me in the direction of the documentation that explains how to do this please?

Thanks in advance,

Alastair

VasilMichev
MVP
Mar 15, 2018
The steps are exactly the same, you simply point to an AD-synced group in the "group selection" pane.
- Alastair Ferguson
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 16, 2018
  OK I see.
  
  I went through this document:
  
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-licensing-group-assignment-azure-portal
  
  And managed to sort it out.
  
  Thanks.