Azure AD Connect
Azure AD Connect is a synchronization tool that connects your local on-premise Active Directory with the Office 365 Azure Active Directory. Integrating your local domain with the Office 365 Azure …
Office 365 Management Tools
Most organizations using Office 365 “enjoy” a hybrid environment. This means resources are spread across a local installation and the cloud. The consequence is an inconvenient need to manage both …
How To Get ALL Active Directory User Object Attributes
A question came to me last week when I was doing a deep drill of Azure AD Connect user attribute mapping and replication: What attributes can an Active Directory user …
How to Extract Azure AD Connect Attribute Mapping
Azure AD Connect sometimes renames attributes when replicating your on-premises AD to Azure AD/Office 365. This can lead to some confusion. I recently published this table to show exactly what …
Active Directory and Office 365 Attribute Naming – the Ultimate Guide
As pointed out in my previous post Active Directory and Azure AD user attribute naming is a bit of a mess! When you have Office 365 and attributes are synchronized from your …
How to Run Start-ADSyncSyncCycle
How do you trigger synchronization between your local on-premises Active Directory and Azure? The fastest method to force Azure AD Connect to synchronize AD and Azure is by running the …
Anarchy in the AD – Active Directory and Office 365 Attribute Mayhem
Attribute naming in Active Directory, Office 365 and Exchange Online is pure anarchy! You might think it was designed by people on different planets or that higher powers within Microsoft …
IdFix TopLevelDomain Error
In order to make a successful migration to Office 365 you need to resolve any issues with your Active Directory data. Microsoft has created the tool IdFix to help you …
IdFix Duplicate Error
In order to make a successful migration to Office 365 you need to resolve any issues with your Active Directory data. Microsoft has created the tool IdFix to help you …
Office 365 Administration Schizophrenia – and How to Avoid It
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by Wikipedia as “abnormal behavior, strange speech, and a decreased ability to understand reality”. Now, why did I associate to this serious mental illness …