Office 365 - How to change Azure AD Sync to Essentials sync

GreatWhiteBuffalo · 2016-10-11T15:28:40.000Z

Hello All,

I’ve inherited a client when their onsite IT guy retired and asked us to take over. They were originally setup with Azure AD Sync but that is being retired. We’ve been working on removing their server sprawl and would like to change them over to using Password sync through the Essentials Dashboard. I’ve looked but haven’t found much information on this process. Does anyone have any ideas? I feel like this would be the basic steps:

Shut off the Azure AD Sync
Setup Office 365 integration in the Essentials Dashboard
Link existing AD accounts back to their O365 user accounts
Users will be prompted to change their password at next logon

That seems simple enough but have used Office 365 for several clients and a couple years now, so I know that is not always the case. Thanks for the help guys!

rebelscum · 2016-10-11T16:44:01.000Z

Isn’t Azure AD Connect the way to go now?

learn.microsoft.com

What is hybrid identity with Microsoft Entra ID? - Microsoft Entra ID

Hybrid identity is having a common user identity for authentication and authorization both on-premises and in the cloud.

GreatWhiteBuffalo · 2016-10-11T17:02:22.000Z

That is the new replacement for DirSync but we only really want to do the password sync, and we could get retire a single-function server by going to Essentials

lucid-flyer · 2016-10-11T17:12:37.000Z

As Justin mentioned, AADConnect is what needs to be used today. As it’s not clear what you currently have and what’s the desired end state - it’s hard to recommend any approach.

rebelscum · 2016-10-11T17:15:31.000Z

GreatWhiteBuffalo:

That is the new replacement for DirSync but we only really want to do the password sync, and we could get retire a single-function server by going to Essentials

I’m not real sure what you’re trying to do.You can’t do a password sync without having an account to sync the password to. AD Connect will take care of both of those for you. Just throw it on a server and following the wizard. Make sure you of a routable domain or UPN as a domain like blah.local won’t sync properly to your O365 tenant.

GreatWhiteBuffalo · 2016-10-11T17:24:31.000Z

We’ve setup a new domain controller running Server 2012 R2, it has the Essentials role installed on it. We’d like to move from the old DirSync program and start using password sync through the Essentials Dashboard

rebelscum · 2016-10-11T17:26:40.000Z

Did you look at this: Manage Office 365 in Windows Server Essentials | Microsoft Learn

GreatWhiteBuffalo · 2016-10-11T17:28:38.000Z

Yep, I’ve set several clients up using Essentials with Office 365, just have never changed from using Essentials to AD Connect/DirSync or vice versa