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Migration from Office 365 to Active Directory Domain
You need a local AD in order to use write-back at all..? I'm confused why this was mentioned.
The fact that the "cloud" is "constantly evolving" is the problem. The OP is asking HOW TO and you're replying with "DON'T" - I hate that more than I hate updates in the middle of the day (even though my settings say that shouldn't happen). If you don't know "how to", please don't respond. We're both just trying to get an answer to an uncommon scenario.
O365 Azure AD does not replace what the traditional AD provides. It may work fine for 10 people or less but not for 100 plus with various needs. I'm not removing the advantages of the Cloud services by having an on-prem AD. There's plenty of good reason to use an on-prem file server, not the least of which is quick access to large files. On Prem AD allows you to push out group policies for things like pre-login messages (as quaint as they are), control aspects of the Internet Browser settings and much more. These things are not available in O365 Azure AD only domains.
Users don't change or learn anything new - you should know that if you're in IT. Someone is either a poweruser who knows how to sharepoint or they aren't... (most aren't). This is not something you can change from an IT perspective - if you're not running the whole company there's only so much you can do to train users to do something different.
I've been moving my company to cloud managed devices using InTune and it works just fine, since you can use all ADMX with intune, you have the same GPO functionality and then some now. We are 180+ strong at this point, so 10 users thing gave me a chuckle.
Also I didn't say DON'T, I asked for the scenario and recommended the approach after I had already recommended and told him how he could accomplish what they were doing. Cloud only still isn't 100% there yet, but a mostly Cloud setup is totally viable and setting yourself up now for when it is makes your future transition that much easier. But hey, if you want to keep your skills and your company old school then that's your prerogative.