Chapter 10

Installing AAD Connect

The Custom and Express installation experiences

Selecting your authentication method

Connecting to your directories

The UserPrincipalName and SourceAnchor attributes

Uniquely identifying your users

Filter users and devices

Finalizing the installation

What’s next?

Like other configuration milestones when deploying Microsoft 365, the installation of AAD Connect is non-trivial. The initial installation requires planning for service accounts, directory hierarchy, filtering and permissions, password synchronization, Hybrid Writeback, Azure AD application and attribute filtering, and several authentication features.

Many features selected during the installation can be enabled or disabled later via the AAD Connect ...

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