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JimWilson2000
Sep 02, 2021Copper Contributor
Password changes in M365 Vs Azure
We have a convoluted system based on our structure. We use an LDAP system as our primary directory. That syncs with on prem AD which then syncs to Azure. This is all designed one way and is not back ...
- Sep 02, 2021
JimWilson2000 If the password is changed in Azure AD, there is no record of this on the on-prem AD side. Records on-prem will not just be synced towards Azure AD, there's usually a delta sync that happens, which means nothing will be overwritten unless the record in on-prem AD is changed. Have you considered using password writeback? This way using Azure AD Connect, password changes in Azure AD will be written back into on-prem AD.
JimWilson2000
Sep 02, 2021Copper Contributor
LDAP (Oracle) is our authoritative directory based on our ERP and history. It makes sense about the delta though, I had not considered that.
pvanberlo
Sep 02, 2021MCT
Unless the settings were changed, the default Azure AD Connect uses would be to do a delta sync every 30 minutes, so this is likely the cause of your problems. How about just telling the helpdesk to actually not change the password there? 😉
- JimWilson2000Sep 02, 2021Copper ContributorThat was the first thing I said!