How to Configure Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync

Bob Salmans explains how to use Azure AD Cloud Sync, what Azure AD Cloud Sync is, and how it works.

You may be familiar with Azure AD Connect. Most organizations use Azure AD Connect to link Azure Active Directory with internal applications or another instance of Azure. It’s an old client with limitations, though, so it might be time to use a different tool.

Keep in mind that Azure AD Cloud Sync is a little different than Azure AD Connect Sync. But how?

Azure AD Cloud Sync is installed in an on-premise environment or the IaaS service hosting the local version of AD. Once installed, all configuration for Azure AD Cloud Sync is performed in the Azure AD portal as opposed to the local client. This offers organizations the ability to connect multiple AD forests together while making the configuration and management of all AD instances easier.

One thing to note, though. If you need object sync with your Azure AD instances, you’ll need to pass on Azure AD Cloud Sync for the moment since it doesn’t support it. That doesn’t mean that you can’t use the Azure AD Cloud Sync tool as part of a redundant Azure AD sync strategy, though.

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[mpdesousa]

Thanks for the tutorial, should we still keep the original AD Connect Or is it okay to have just the cloud sync?

[AndrevonBloedauSilveira]

does the Azure AD have to be installed in a domain comptuer?

[barberwithafricaflavor]

I want to ask why my phs goes on quarantine all the time and the phs job Id are attached to all my object in the domain?

[fouadchaar]

hello, is it possible to SSO with a AAD joined Windows devices to a AADDS joined server ? thank you