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SpiShane
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Mar 23, 2023

AD group not fully synching Online

We have been setting up SharePoint Online for a few months now, and typically what we have been doing for ease of supporting going forward is setting up local AD Groups and giving those AD groups per...
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elieelkarkafi
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Mar 23, 2023
are all the members of that groups are also synced to Azure AD ?
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SpiShane
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Mar 23, 2023
Yes, those members are, and I can add them to the SharePoint site directly. It is just within the AD groups they are in, they seem to be dropped or not synched over.
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    elieelkarkafi
    MVP
    Mar 23, 2023

    your issue is with the primary group of the users because Azure AD Connect doesn't support synchronizing Primary Group memberships to Azure AD. refer to the below article to change the primary

    group of the users that are not synchronizing as members with the group 

     

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/concept-azure-ad-connect-sync-user-and-contacts

     

    it's recommended to change the primary group to Domain Users.

     

    Please click Mark as Best Response & Like if my post helped you to solve your issue. This will help others to find the correct solution easily.

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      SpiShane
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 23, 2023

      I'm not sure that's the issue.  I compared a user that was working, with one that was not.  They both have the same Primary Group of 'Domain Users'.  

       

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        elieelkarkafi
        MVP
        Mar 23, 2023

        SpiShane let me share with you the consideration of Azure AD connect when its comes to group syncing 

         

        Important points to be aware of when synchronizing groups from Active Directory to Azure AD:

        • Azure AD Connect excludes built-in security groups from directory synchronization.

        • Azure AD Connect doesn't support synchronizing Primary Group memberships to Azure AD.

        • Azure AD Connect doesn't support synchronizing Dynamic Distribution Group memberships to Azure AD.

        • To synchronize an Active Directory group to Azure AD as a mail-enabled group:

          • If the group's proxyAddress attribute is empty, its mail attribute must have a value

          • If the group's proxyAddress attribute is non-empty, it must contain at least one SMTP proxy address value. Here are some examples:

            • An Active Directory group whose proxyAddress attribute has value {"X500:/0=contoso.com/ou=users/cn=testgroup"} won't be mail-enabled in Azure AD. It doesn't have an SMTP address.

            • An Active Directory group whose proxyAddress attribute has values {"X500:/0=contoso.com/ou=users/cn=testgroup","SMTP:email address removed for privacy reasons"} will be mail-enabled in Azure AD.

            • An Active Directory group whose proxyAddress attribute has values {"X500:/0=contoso.com/ou=users/cn=testgroup", "smtp:email address removed for privacy reasons"} will also be mail-enabled in Azure AD.

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