{"id":15052,"date":"2021-09-09T16:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/?p=15052"},"modified":"2022-10-06T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:35:37","slug":"azure-ad-connect-sync-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/cloud-services\/azure-ad-connect-sync-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure AD Connect Sync Features"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Azure AD&nbsp;Connect\u2019s&nbsp;synchronisation feature has the following components&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>On-Premise component<\/strong>:&nbsp;This component is called the Azure AD Connect Sync or the Sync Engine.<\/li><li><strong>Residing service in Azure AD:<\/strong>&nbsp;It is also known as the Azure AD Connect sync service.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The settings for Azure AD&nbsp;Connect is&nbsp;configured with Azure Active Directory Windows&nbsp;Powershell&nbsp;module. It has to be downloaded and installed separately from Azure AD Connect.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would be best if you ran Get-MsolDirSync Features. To check the configuration of your Azure AD Directory.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-21.png 622w, https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-21-300x84.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Set-MsolDirSyncFeature&nbsp;can configure the following settings:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After you have enabled a feature, it cannot be disabled again.&nbsp;The following are the settings:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Duplicate attribute resiliency<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is default enabled in Azure AD Directories. A temporary value is assigned to the duplicated attribute which helps stop failure of provisioning objects with duplicate&nbsp;proxyaddresses&nbsp;or UPNs. As soon as the conflict is resolved, UPN is modified to the appropriate value automatically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UserPrincipalName&nbsp;soft match<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On enablement of this feature, in addition to primary SMTP address UPN soft match is enabled. Soft match is used for matching existent Azure AD cloud users with users on-premise. This feature is specifically helpful for matching on-premise Azure AD accounts with already existing accounts, when Exchange Online is not being used by you.\u00a0 This feature negates the need for setting up SMTP attribute in the cloud. The feature is default enabled for newly formed Azure directories\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"33253\" class=\"elementor elementor-33253\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f27ef0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f27ef0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c65c317\" data-id=\"c65c317\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">Start Today !<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PowerShellCopy&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get-MsolDirSyncFeatures -Feature EnableSoftMatchOnUpn&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this feature is not default enabled for the Azure AD directory, you can run the following script to enable it&nbsp;Power&nbsp;Shell&nbsp;Copy&nbsp;Set-MsolDirSync&nbsp;Feature&nbsp;-Feature Enable&nbsp;Soft&nbsp;Match&nbsp;OnUpn -Enable $true&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Synchronize&nbsp;userPrincipalName&nbsp;updates<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It allows synchronization of UPN changes for federated accounts. Using the Azure AD Connect sync service for making updates to the attribute of User&nbsp;Principal&nbsp;Name, on-premise has to stop unless the following conditions are meets.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is a non-deferated&nbsp;account (user is managed)&nbsp;<\/li><li>License has not been assigned to the user.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By enabling the Synchronize Username&nbsp;principal&nbsp;feature, you can use the sync engine to update the user&nbsp;principal&nbsp;name when modified on-premises.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feature is default enabled for newly formed Azure AD directories. You can run the following script to check whether the feature is enabled.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PowerShellCopy&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get-MsolDirSyncFeatures&nbsp;-Feature&nbsp;SynchronizeUpnForManagedUsers&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>iSmile&nbsp;technologies offers free consultation with an expert,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">talk with an expert now<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Azure AD&nbsp;Connect\u2019s&nbsp;synchronisation feature has the following components&nbsp; On-Premise component:&nbsp;This component is called the Azure AD Connect Sync or the Sync Engine. Residing service in Azure AD:&nbsp;It is also known as the Azure AD Connect sync service.&nbsp;&nbsp; The settings for Azure AD&nbsp;Connect is&nbsp;configured with Azure Active Directory Windows&nbsp;Powershell&nbsp;module. It has to be downloaded and installed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[131,95,91],"class_list":["post-15052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-services","tag-azure","tag-cloud","tag-cloud-migration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15052"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33641,"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15052\/revisions\/33641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismiletechnologies.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}