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Mark Hann
Nov 10, 2018Copper Contributor
Newbie O365 Question - Creating New Users
Hello, this is a newbie question so I apologize in advance for the entry level post. I am a small business owner with 35 employees. I am currently using on premise exchange to host email. I plan ...
Mark Hann
Nov 10, 2018Copper Contributor
I was hoping to scratch AD altogether and use Azure AD for identity management and single sign on. We have a fairly lean IT infrastructure: 1) On premise exchange which will migrate to O365 2) On premise file server which will migrate to sharepoint/OneDrive 3) We do use the domain controller for basic group policy but its my understanding that Azure AD can handle this (could be wrong) 4) We use Sugar CRM which i understand can be linked to Azure AD for SSO Other than that, we don't really have much....
Nov 10, 2018
Ok! Yes you could join your devices to azure ad for sso! You don’t have gpo’s in azureAD but if you have win10 you can use Intune to push policy’s and apps and so on! It all depends on what your demands are
- Mark HannNov 10, 2018Copper Contributor
Thanks for your reply! So, just to clarify from the initial question, creating the new user on my domain in the O365 admin portal will be fine....?
I assume i'll have to change the usernames of the existing users from the onmicrosoft.com domain to my domain once i migrate email...?
- Nov 10, 2018Yes!
It doesn’t really matter when you do it! You can change them now or later, or just add an alias- Mark HannNov 10, 2018Copper ContributorThanks for your help. I appreciate it.