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Populate preferedDataLocation thru Ad Connect based on C, CO, or Country Code attributes?
Hey all,
Is it possible to use a transformation rule in AD Connect to use the C, CO, or Country Code field to populate the preferredDatalocation (PDL) attribute? I know you can use expression...
You can simply use the msDS-preferredDataLocation attribute, or follow the same procedure to configure a custom one: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-sync-feature-preferreddatalocation
Thanks Vasil, I tired to convince them this was the right way to do it, but they do not populate this when accounts are provisioned, so they would like a rule to to look at another attribute (C, CO, Country Code) and transform that value into the correct 3 letter code for PDL. I feel doing it at account creation is the way to go, but it seems we should be able to use an expression to change a value and populate the PDL.
Same principle applies, you just need to adjust the "transform" part of the rules detailed in the article.
VasilMichev That's exactly what I am trying to figure out 🙂 It would be much easier in PowerShell, but trying to figure out the expression language to look at the attribute and transform it to one of 6 or 7 different possible codes is where I am getting stuck. 🙂