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Oct 07, 2020

Synchronize Azure AD users to local AD

Hello Community, I have the following topic that I couldn't find how to handle. We have many existing Office365 users (the organization is a University). We need to create a new empty local Active D...

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HidMov

Steel Contributor

Oct 07, 2020

Hi IvanBelev

Aside for some very specific situations such as password and certain groups, write back from AzureAD to on Prem AD DS is not possible. In the past we have created a new on prem domain, exported out the relevant data from Azure AD, import it into the local AD then set up AzureAD connect. This would make the on Prem AD the source of authority going forward so changes would need to be done in AD DS and not Office365 going forward.

I've done this for small clients, but not at the scale of a university.

Thijs Lecomte
Bronze Contributor
Oct 07, 2020
Just adding to HidMov that this is the way to go, but there is no way to export passwords.
So you will have to provide a temporary password for users to use once
PhillipRGarcia
Copper Contributor
Jun 06, 2023
Do you have an article on how to export from Azure AD?
- HidMov
  Steel Contributor
  Jun 06, 2023
  Hi PhillipRGarcia
  
  In the portal:
  Download a list of users in the Azure portal - Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Learn
  
  I think I used AzureAD Powershell back in the day (been a while since I've done this) Get-AzureADUser might be a good starting point.
  
  Get-AzureADUser (AzureAD) | Microsoft Learn
  
  Hope this helps,

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