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SharePoint not seeing AD groups
I am setting up my company's SharePoint sites. Our Office 365 account is synchronized with Active Directory.
I am working on configuring SharePoint security. When I configure a SharePoint group (Site Settings > Site Permissions > select a group > New), I can add a user account. I know this works because when I start typing a user name, autocomplete lists user names from our Active Directory. I cannot do the same for Active Directory groups. When I type the first few characters of a group name, autocomplete does not list the group I'm looking for. If I type the entire group name and then click the Share button, nothing happens.
Can anyone give some clues about what might be configured incorrectly?
Cam
I found the solution. Our sync to Azure was not configured to sync the OU where the groups were located.
To fix, go to Azure AD Connect > Configure > Customize synchronizations options > Domain & OU filtering. Make sure the OU is selected, and save.
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- When did you sync the Groups to Office 365?
- Our AD is configured to sync to Office 365 every 30 minutes. I know that users and "distribution" groups are synced. It is possible that "security" groups are not part of that sync?
- This is something you can check through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center: If the Groups are synchronized, they should appear there
