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Iron Contributor

Jul 03, 2017

Enable synchronization of PreferredDataLocation

I've read up on https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/connect/active-directory-aadconnectsync-change-the-configurationto enable this synchronization. But I haven't seen what attribu...

Azure Active Directory (AAD)

VasilMichev

MVP

Jul 03, 2017

Chosing the attribute is up to you, as there is no "matching" on-premises attribute. The example in the article uses the "c" attribute, which is the the country/region representation based on ISO-3166 (https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search). You can create a rule based on this attribute, or choose any other single-valued string attribute, for example one of the custom/extension attributes.

Jason Benway

Iron Contributor

Jul 03, 2017

Thanks, I think I'm going to use extensionAttribute1 I think it was created from exchange.

I don't see any object with a value in it.

Jason Benway
Iron Contributor
Jul 03, 2017
Well extensionattribute1 is already syncing and that exist in Azure AD....
- saikrishna Raghati
  Copper Contributor
  Jan 05, 2018
  You can use any attribute from AD which is unused for any other application. I suggest msExchExtensionAttribute16 or 15 attribute from on-prem AD to be synced with Azure AD attribute preferreddatalocation.
  
  Again after confirming with your AD team the attribute is unused by any other application.
- Brian Desmond
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 03, 2017
  The extension attributes all sync to the corresponding attributes in AAD. This attribute doesn't actually do anything yet.