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Hi,

Would anyone recommend using the Office 365 DirSync tool? I was going to implement it with password syncing too, but wanted to get other professionals’ experiences with it before moving forward. It really hasn’t been much of a hassle managing both AD accounts and Office 365 accounts separately. But if it really does save time and is not a headache to get working, then I’m all for it.

Thanks!

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It’s easy enough to get it up and running. It isn’t pretty IMO but it’s functional and it does the job :slight_smile:

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Absolutely! It removes the need for the horrible ADFS solution.

Unless you are doing large scale Sharepoint its the only way to go.

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Yes, definitely recommend the DirSync route!!

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It makes life a hell of a lot easier. Why not?

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Gets you closer to one password utopia right? Maybe not, but does make it easier as the others have stated.

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Sold! Thanks for the input everyone. Some of the users currently have a different password for their AD user and their Office 365 account. I’d assume that I need to let everyone know that their email passwords will be matching their AD account? Also, what if their current AD password doesn’t meet the security requirements? Will I get a warning for that?

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I would make sure your AD password requirements were at the same level of Office365 or higher. You may want to do this prior to running the DirSync for the first time with the password sync box checked.

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One less username/password to manage - so definitely would recommend it.

I do find myself needing to force sync sometimes - so if you ever find yourself needing to manually sync:

Open up powershell and run:

C:\Program Files\Windows Azure Active Directory Sync\Start-OnlineCoexistence