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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)

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.