Stephanie Kahlam

Microsoft 365 and SMB.

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Directory Synchronization “Duplicate Attribute Resiliency”

New Default Sync Feature Coming Duplicate Attribute Resiliency is a feature in Azure Active Directory that will eliminate friction caused by UserPrincipalName and ProxyAddress conflicts when running one of Microsoft’s synchronization tools. Duplicate Attribute Resiliency will be the new default behavior across all Azure Active Directory tenants. It will be on by default for all …

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Deactivate Directory Synchronization in new Office365 Admin Center

Where did the “Deactivate” page go in Office365 for Directory Synchronization? Can’t find this page anymore from the Admin Center in Office 365? Quit looking…. The “New Way” to Deactivate Directory Synchronization Pretty much everything with regards to managing Directory Synchronization still exists in the new Admin Center, including really cool “at a glance” reporting …

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Recreate a Deleted User in AD and Sync to Office365

Scenario You have Directory Synchronization configured in your domain and on occasion you need to delete a synced user in AD then recreate the account. Here are the steps required in order to enable successful synchronization of the recreated AD account to Office 365.   Step 1 Delete the user account from AD and perform …

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AADConnect Quick Info

New AAD Connect need to know info and changes Overview/Requirements and Installation https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-aadconnect/ Download http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47594 Upgrade from AADSync https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-aadconnect-dirsync-upgrade-get-started/ New Synch method https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-aadconnectsync-feature-scheduler/ Sync Scheduler · New default synchronization frequency of 30mins · Scheduled Task to run synchronization is gone · Synchronization can be manually triggered from PowerShell vs. Command Prompt From an elevated PS …

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AADConnect Configuration Tips

  The new AADConnect V1.1 has some significant changes this time around – OVERVIEW   I performed a “from scratch” install which was guided by the wizard driven interface in Office 365. Installation of the actual AADConnect software was fairly easy and if you have read any MS KB’s or blog posts most will suggest …

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