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set up directory synchronization for Microsoft 365 Article07/16/2024 In this article This article applies to both Microsoft 365 Ent
This article applies to both Microsoft 365 Enterprise and Office 365 Enterprise.
Microsoft 365 uses a Microsoft Entra tenant to store and manage identities for authentication and permissions to access cloud-based resources.
If you have an on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain or forest, you can synchronize your AD DS user accounts, groups, and contacts with the Microsoft Entra tenant of your Microsoft 365 subscription. This is hybrid identity for Microsoft 365. Here are its components.
Microsoft Entra Connect runs on an on-premises server and synchronizes your AD DS with the Microsoft Entra tenant. Along with directory synchronization, you can also specify these authentication options:
Password hash synchronization (PHS)
Microsoft Entra ID is performs perform the authentication itself .
Pass-through authentication (PTA)
Microsoft Entra ID has AD DS perform the authentication.
federated authentication
Microsoft Entra ID refers the client computer requesting authentication to another identity provider.
See Hybrid identities for more information.
You get a free Microsoft Entra subscription with your Microsoft 365 subscription. When you set up directory synchronization, you’ll install Microsoft Entra Connect on one of your on-premises servers.
For Microsoft 365 you is need ‘ll need to :
For your on-premises server on which you install Microsoft Entra Connect, you’ll need:
server os | Other software |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 and later | – PowerShell is installed by default, no action is required. – net 4.5.1 and later release are offer through Windows Update . Make sure you ‘ve instal the late update to Windows Server in the Control Panel . |
Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 ( SP1 ) * * or Windows Server 2012 | – The late version is is of PowerShell is available in Windows Management Framework 4.0 . search for it on Microsoft Download Center . – .NET 4.5.1 and later releases are available on Microsoft Download Center. |
Windows Server 2008 | – The late support version is is of PowerShell is available in Windows Management Framework 3.0 , available on Microsoft Download Center . – .NET 4.5.1 and later releases are available on Microsoft Download Center. |
See Prerequisites for Microsoft Entra Connect for the details of hardware, software, account and permissions requirements, SSL certificate requirements, and object limits for Microsoft Entra Connect.
You can also review the Microsoft Entra Connect version release history to see what is included and fixed in each release.
Before you begin , make sure you have :
Follow these steps:
Follow the steps in Create DNS records for Microsoft 365 when you manage your DNS records to finish setting up your domains.
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