AAD integration with Active Directory using AD Connect

January 31, 2018 | by iaur | posted as Active Directory, Azure AD

Overview

1.  Install AAD Connect. Note, that you need to check if your AD server version is supported under the requirement section.
   • https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47594
2. Configure the AAD connect according to the sync type, the most basic is Password Hash (PH)
   • Password hash synchronization (PHS)
   • Pass-through authentication (PTA)
   • Federation (AD FS)
3. Run through the installation wizard and customize options like OU\Attribute to sync and more
   • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-installation-wizard
4. Check if Sync is working
   • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/view-directory-synchronization-status

Detailed Instructions:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-install-express (PHS)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-pta-quick-start (PTA)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-fed-whatis (ADFS)

Steps

Note: sync selected OU and domains

To Verify

Wait for 30 minutes and access admin center and you should see the object in the synced OU as “Synced with..”