I recently received a query from a customer asking if there was a way to determine when last a user’s password was synchronized. Upon receiving further details, it became clear that they suspected an issue with password synchronization for a specific user. There is an easy way to verify password synchronization for a single user.
Tag: Azure AD Connect
Azure AD Alternate Login ID – Use your e-mail address (preview).
Introduction For logging into office 365 services, and you are syncing your users from on premises AD via Azure AD Connect, Microsoft has always recommended changing your users UPNs to match their e-mail address. 2 of the main reasons for this are: You can not use non routable domains in Azure AD. So domain.local will … Continue reading Azure AD Alternate Login ID – Use your e-mail address (preview).
Azure AD and ADFS: change alternateLoginID on arbitrary attribute.
Introduction During one of my engages, the Customer asked me to change the attribute they used as identity source for alternateLoginID from "mail" to another arbitrary attribute. Customer already had in place Azure AD Tenant with a federated domain. At the time of implementation, they choose to implement alternateLoginID using email address as identity so, … Continue reading Azure AD and ADFS: change alternateLoginID on arbitrary attribute.
Field Notes: Azure AD – Configuring Self-Service Password Reset in Hybrid Deployments
This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. The second blog post of the series covered a custom installation. One of the optional features I promised to cover then was password writeback, which I discuss in this blog post as part of enabling the self-service password reset (SSPR) feature in a hybrid … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure AD – Configuring Self-Service Password Reset in Hybrid Deployments
Setup Hybrid Azure AD Join – Part 2
Welcome back to the second and last post to setup hybrid Azure ad join. Hopefully all went well with configuring Pass-Through Authentication. Below you will find a link back to part 1. Configure Pass-Through AuthenticationSetup Hybrid Azure AD Join Setup Hybrid Azure AD Join Consider the following prerequisites before moving forward. Prerequisites Domain controller should … Continue reading Setup Hybrid Azure AD Join – Part 2
Setup Hybrid Azure AD Join – Part 1
In addition to users, device identities can be managed by Azure Active Directory as well, event if they are already managed by your on-premise network. This two part series will walk you throught the step to allow your devices to be both on-premise and Azure active directory joined, otherwise known as hybrid Azure ad join
Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Migrating from AD FS to Password Hash Synchronization
This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. I started off this Azure AD Connect series by going through the express installation path, where the password hash synchronization (PHS) sign-in option is selected by default. This was followed by the custom installation path where I selected pass-through authentication (PTA) as a user … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Migrating from AD FS to Password Hash Synchronization
Field Notes: The case of the stopped Azure AD Connect synchronization – stale Internet proxy server
This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. In this blog post, I cover a specific case where an export to Azure AD fails due to stale Internet proxy settings configured on the server running Azure AD Connect. I go through various tools, some of which we have covered in our previous … Continue reading Field Notes: The case of the stopped Azure AD Connect synchronization – stale Internet proxy server
Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Attribute-based Filtering
This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. I recently covered using domain/OU and group filtering options that are available in Azure AD Connect to help control which objects are synchronized to Azure AD. I also took a closer look in group filtering, which is not recommended for use in production. Another … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Attribute-based Filtering
Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Group Filtering Gotchas
This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. In the previous blog post, we looked at filtering options that can be used to control which objects are synchronized from on-premises directories to Azure AD - domain, OU and group filtering. I would like take a closer look at group filtering here, and … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Group Filtering Gotchas
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