Hybrid identity – integrating your on-premises directories (Azure AD Connect sync and cloud sync)

Organizations can leverage their existing Active Directory on-premises and Azure AD to modernize their identity infrastructure. Integrating on-premises directories with Azure AD gives organizations a common identity to access cloud and on-premises resources.

A prevalent practice is establishing directory synchronization, which helps organizations synchronize their identities or objects, including users, groups, contacts, and devices, between different directories. This is typically configured between an on-premises Active Directory environment and Azure AD.

This approach, commonly referred to as a hybrid identity, helps organizations provide users with a common identity across on-premises or cloud-based services.

Microsoft provides two main tools to achieve the configuration of a hybrid identity approach – Azure AD Connect Sync and Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync.

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