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Microsoft 365 integration with on-premises environments

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Sync your users Synchronization is the process of keeping user accounts, devices, and groups, up to date based on conditions set by the admin. Both ‎Azure Active Directory‎ (‎Azure AD‎) cloud sync and ‎Azure AD Connect‎ synchronize and link user accounts, devices, groups, and password hashes (not passwords) from an on-premises ‎Active Directory‎ to ‎Azure AD‎ to maintain a single sign-on experience. Note that only ‎Azure AD‎ cloud sync supports the following features: Connect to multiple disconnected on-premises ‎Windows‎ Server ‎Active Directory‎ forests Multiple active agents for high availability Lightweight agent installation model View a full comparison list between ‎Azure AD Connect‎ and cloud sync For this exercise, we would be syncing our on-premises server to the cloud for continuous sync. ‎Azure AD Connect‎ is great for companies that still rely on a large IT infrastructure that is hosted locally in the office. Also, I have installed a fresh image of Windows Server 2019 Datac...