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O365 AD Connector?
Hi Paul,
Whatever you do, do not take installing and configuring Azure AD Connect lightly! I know (from experience, unfortunately) that one wrong checkbox can ruin your weekend, and possibly much longer than that. You'll want to involve any other admins that run Microsoft services at your company, too, as once that sync is made there is no going back and it can greatly affect any and all Microsoft services in your environment.
Make sure you understand all your options around https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/whatis-hybrid-identity before you decide how to set up your environment. Additionally, make sure you review https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-syncservice-duplicate-attribute-resiliency - this is another one of those things that you can't undo once it is set. And make sure that your https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/plan-hybrid-identity-design-considerations-business-needs before going too far down that road.
Best of luck!
- Absolutely correct about reading up on the topic! If done right, this is pretty straightforward and not that complex! Troubleshooting a faulty setup however, could very much be :)
Although, you’re a little harch! The sync can very much be undone
Adam- Hi Adam,
There are some scenarios that are easier to undo than others, certainly, but there are others that require potentially destructive changes to break the sync. Setting up hybrid identities should never be something an administrator just decides to do on a whim because the application itself is easy to install.- Yes! Read up on the procedure! That’s what I wrote :)
Also in this case the scenario was that he wanted to sync his AD and match the users in O365! My point of view was out of that perspective, Nothing else
Cheers / Adam
