Chapter 5. Synchronizing users to the cloud

This chapter helps you to plan for directory synchronization to Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), which Microsoft Office 365 uses for authentication and identity management. Chapter 4 covered the infrastructure requirements of Azure AD Connect for Active Directory identity cleansing. This chapter focuses on the configuration of Azure AD Connect specific to synchronized identities with password synchronization and the options you have when setting up the tool. Users will be able to sign in to the cloud using the same password as their on-premises account. This chapter discusses the configuration of directory synchronization with Azure AD Connect which is used as a prerequisite for Chapter ...

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