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Our office 365 environment has Single Sign On enabled, and we are looking for the best way to manage exchange attributes in Office 365. I understand that one way is to use the ADSI edit tool, but i've heard that we can also use an on-prem installation of Exchange to manage 365 users. ...

Hi Duvell, Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, syncing password expiration policy isn’t a feature available at present. I recommend you submit feedback via http://g.microsoftonline.com/0BX11EN/135 to request the feature. Your feedback will be handled carefully. And Microsoft will take all...

If you've tried to install the Windows Azure Active Directory Sync Tool and were met with an error about it already being installed, here are the steps I took to get it installed again after some blood, sweat and tears. Sorry for hitting you with another link instead of step-by-step instructions...

Scenario: 1. customer has AD with dirsync and adfs to cloud. 2. Migration from Exchange 2003 and hybrid setup has been made. 3. Now customer wants a complete new AD with dirsync and adfs with the same users Now questions: a. What to do with dirsync before syncing accounts from AD...

Hi SCH_NCI, Currently, you can use the older 32-bit DirSync tool with the new Office 365 tenant. But service requests with Office 365 support regarding the 32-bit tool can no longer be opened after Jan 1, 2013. However, Office 365 will block connections from the 32-bit DirSync tool after Oct 1, 2013...

I have synced up my AD with office 365 and it shows all my users in there now. My question is this, how do I set it up to use my corporate passwords for each user on initial login to office 365 and keep it synced? For example, a user changes their password on the network, I want that password to be change...

Hi Computer22, Based on the description, this is a normal behavior. To fix the issue, please change the on-premise user’s E-mail to “ user@mydomain.com ” at the user’s properties page via Active Directory Users and Computers on the domain controller. Here is an example: ...

Hi, where can I read comprehensive information on how MS Online generates user UPN during AD -> Azure AD synchronization? My situation is the following: A user within local AD has GivenName=John; Name=Smith, John; SamAccountName=Smith; UPN=Smith@localdomain After a synchronization...

Hi Gareth, There is no such method which you can directly delete a local AD account and retain its online account and mailbox in Office 365. After you delete a local AD account from the on-premises server, its online account and mailbox will be deleted in Office 365. If your customer domain is...

With directory synchronization you can continue to manage users and groups on-premises and synchronize additions, deletions, and changes to the cloud. But setup is a little complicated and it can sometimes be difficult to identify the source of problems. No worries! We have resources to help you hunt...

This topic is intended for advanced audiences. If you are running Directory Synchronization on a full SQL installation, then you should consider using this procedure. If you are running Directory Synchronization on the default installation of SQL Express, then follow the instructions here http://onlinehelp...

This topic is intended to act as a roadmap for IT Professionals looking for Directory Synchronization (DirSync) content that is applicable to Microsoft Office 365 services. It includes links to Office 365-specific guidance about how to plan, deploy, administer and troubleshoot DirSync & related software...

This topic is intended to act as a roadmap for IT Professionals looking for Single Sign-On (SSO) content that is applicable to Microsoft Office 365 services. It includes links to Office 365-specific guidance about how to plan, deploy, administer and troubleshoot AD FS 2.0 & related software on-premises...

Directory integrations services can be useful when you need to integrate your on-premises Active Directory accounts with Office 365 user accounts in the cloud and provide your users with on-premises-like single sign-on behavior. Office 365 for Enterprises supports the synchronization of directory...

Here are some answers to questions that are raised frequently for Directory Synchronization (also referred to as DirSync and Dir Sync) in the Office 365 forums. Q: Where do I find information about downloading and installing the Directory Synchronization tool? A: Go to Install the Microsoft...

Microsoft Support will be presenting a series of webcasts called the Office 365 Expert Discussion Series , to showcase our tools and content that can be used to help make your Office 365 experience better and help solve common issues more quickly. During our latest Expert Discussions...

Audience: Office 365 for professionals and small businesses Office 365 for enterprises The Grid User Post blog series will expose some of The Grid's best content to the entire Office 365 Community. Our latest Grid User Post features three fantastic Grid User Posts including a case study...

Audience: Office 365 for professionals and small businesses Office 365 for enterprises Written by: Vijay Kumar, Microsoft Senior Product Manager. The 64-bit version of the Microsoft Directory Synchronization Tool (DirSync) is now available. The functionality of the 64-bit version...

Applies to: IT professionals and administrators for Office 365 Beta for enterprises. If your Office 365 environment is synchronized with your company’s on-premise Active Directory using the Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool, users’ Lync Online profile pictures...

This video shows you how to troubleshoot issues with the user principal names, e-mail addresses, or proxy addresses of some or all of your users appearing with the wrong domain after directory synchronization. Add a comment below to let us know what you think about this video and to tell...

This video shows you how to troubleshoot issues with Office 365 Directory Synchronization caused by unrecognized or unacceptable values in your on-premise Active Directory. Add a comment below to let us know what you think about this video and to tell us what other videos you'd like to...