Picking which Azure AD Synchronization Technology! AAD Connect vs Cloud Sync

In this video I explore Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync as means to synchronize your Active Directory with Azure AD. What they can do, what they can't and how to pick!

#azuread #johnsavillstechnicaltraining #onboardtoazure

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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Active Directory and Azure AD
2:20 - Azure AD Connect basics
4:40 - AAD Connect tooling
7:40 - Key topology rules
9:32 - Staging instances
11:58 - Link of AAD to AD object
15:00 - Rule 3!
16:00 - Multi AAD Connect scenarios
20:30 - Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync
23:12 - Rule 3 still applies
23:30 - Azure-based management
25:09 - Combinations
25:55 - Choosing a solution
31:54 - Summary of how to pick
34:13 - Pilot cloud sync
34:55 - Summary and close

▬▬▬▬▬▬ K E Y L I N K S 🔗 ▬▬▬▬▬▬
► My random stuff repo for AAD object script:
► Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync video:
► AAD Connect Supported Topologies:
► Multi-cloud AAD support statement:
► AAD Connect Cloud Sync Supported Topoligies:
► AAD Connect vs Cloud Sync features:
► Hybrid deployment pilot:

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[gdr]

I'd be lost at times without the great explanations you provide 👍👍

[adyy]

Awesome Explanation I've ever seen. All my doubts are crystal clear now & finally got the solution. Thanks a Ton John. Appreciated a lot.!

[boomandcrashsyntheticindic]

Great explanation, love every bit of it. Thank you John 👍👍👍👍

[alpineit]

great video John. Thankyou - super clear

[Semtx]

nice overview!
I configured cloud sync in my lab environment after seeing your first vid on it. To see what it can do now and be able to test new features when the become available.
cant wait for cloud sync to be able to provision new users in in on premises active directory :)

[agnieszkasobczak]

I learned a lot! You transfer Your knowledge in such a clear way. Thank You

[yulaw]

enjoying this video for today learning, thanks a lot!

[KefashWhite]

I find your explanations easy to follow. I don’t know how you keep up with all you do though. Hats off and many thanks

[praneshhn]

Thanks John, as usual your Awesome :)

[cdm]

Very well explained, IN DEPTH 👌. I like your videos 🙏.

[sofyane]

Thank you for this video . very detailled

[sarthaksahoo]

Microsoft should let you make these videos before they release new features, would make life easier for lot of people :) .

[richardlmelnick]

i have to say i really enjoyed the lesson. I am looking to ssetup azure AD connect. But i have couple hurdles I need to work out.

[tony]

Superb video as always John!

I visualise using a combination of these 2 tools for a company that has separate domains but want to share a single AAD instance - however if both have Exchange on-premise that would scupper Hybrid for Cloud Sync. I could PST migrate or cutover using a 3rd party tool for the AD forest that i plan to use Cloud Sync for to get around this until Cloud Sync matures. Does that sound about right (hyperthetically ignoring the Exchange Hybrid server for AAD Connect Microsoft Support matrix currently)?

[hwelvaar]

Thanks for vid. What about monitoring/reporting of sync (problems) with cloud sync? The regular AAD Connect provides that via the GUI tool.

[fiddycaliber]

Great vid John thanks. How about a migration from 1 to the other? Say I've got a AADC sync for M365 users and I want to shift to AADCCS - is that a thing or are we talking net-new for the use cases?

[jorgeataide]

John, as part of AD Connect sync, some domain information is synchronized to AAD and allows Azure AD Joined devices to SSO to on-premises resources using the Primary Refresh Token containing the info and requesting Kerberos ticket to a domain controller.

Do you know if Cloud Sync synchronizes the same info utilized in this process just as AADC does?

[walatd]

One of the first top 10 commenters ;). Great video John.

[gb]

Great Video John!
Please can you also share link for the whiteboard.

[lostinpa-dadenduro]

I’m still flummoxed by the need to have an exchange server on premise to manage user cloud mailboxes after the account is synced to Azure. We migrated from GSuite to O365. Never had exchange on premise. Green field local AD. If I synch a pilot account we have to either install a local exchange management server or use ADSI edit to do things like add secondary email addresses.

We kind of stumbled into it by noticing that when a test account synced from AD and matched to the cloud account it wiped out all of the secondary email addresses that were previously on the cloud account. Then we had to adsi edit them on the AD side and synch again to get them back. Is there any other solution?