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Michael185
Jul 26, 2021Copper Contributor
Integration with Active Directory
I had a client ask me this question and I couldn't answer it (or find out how to do it on google). Here's the scenario: 1. Client has his own local domain (*.local) that is NOT exposed to the inter...
pvanberlo
Jul 26, 2021MCT
Michael185 Usually you'd set up Azure AD Connect or Azure AD Cloud Sync to enable hybrid identities. This would synchronize the users in the local Active Directory into Azure AD, which is used to power services like Exchange Online. You could do all kinds of fancy stuff, but in your case, if the idea is just to keep the users identity the same, above should work. Within the local domain the AD user can be used for sharing permissions, and the same username can be used to sign into eg. Exchange Online/mail.
For more information on various topics related to hybrid identity, please have a look here.