Feb 08 2017 09:41 PM
We are working on implementing synchronization of custom user details from LOB to AAD and SPO and were thinking of using the new APIs. I'd like to know, what is the connection between the Custom Synchronization tool and AAD in the diagram below? Is there synchronization of properties from the tool to AAD? Or the tool only copies data to the SPO Directory Store?
Feb 08 2017 11:13 PM
Feb 09 2017 12:25 AM
Thanks for replying. The main reason I'm asking is that I need to determine, in cases where there's no AD onprem, whether we need to update properties in AAD ourselves or the sync tool does it already. It would make sense for the sync tool to do it in case of the system attributes that are synced OOB from AAD to SPO. Maybe @Vesa Juvonen knows the answer.
Feb 13 2017 06:20 AM - edited Feb 13 2017 06:21 AM
I think that arrow represents synchronization of properties that are in Azure AD but not synchronized to SharePoint via the default route (Bullet #2: AAD -> User Profile).
Not all properties (in fact only a few of them) in AAD are synched to SharePoint User Profile. The Custom Synchronization Tool in this case reads from both Azure AD and custom LOB system(s) to combine user information and synchronize it to SharePoint User Profiles.
Feb 13 2017 07:09 AM
Feb 13 2017 08:28 PM
I actually tested the tool and found the same - the properties in AAD are not updated, updates are done only in SPO. So the connection on the flowchart is a bit misterious.
Feb 13 2017 11:18 PM