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Remo Pistor
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Jan 23, 2019
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Merge/move 2 AD's and 1 Office 365 tenant to new AD

I've stepped into a mess and need to figure a way out. Our current situation: Two locations with separate AD's:  location one - location1.company.com location two - location2.local One Office 3...
  • ChrisHoardMVP's avatar
    Jan 23, 2019

    Hi,

    This is based purely on what you have outlined above and it's a personal opinion - others will have their own.

    1.) Cut AAD Connect on Location two so the AD and 365 tenant is separate.
    2.) Set all 365 users UPN to @company.com, mail addresses remain the same
    3.) Build new Forest corp.company.com
    4.) Consolidate the AD's into the new forest
    5.) In AD all users to have a UPN Suffix of @company.com, or UPN of @company.com
    6.) Install Member Server/Azure AD Connect
    7.) Ensure the AD objects have the right mail address
    8.) Soft match the users from new Forest to 365

    That's a general overview. It's probably best to take a step back and disentangle what's there first even if it means having cloud users and separate credentials for a period of time.

    Hope that helps

    Best, Chris