Configuring and Managing Directory Synchronization by Using Azure AD Connect
Azure AD Connect has a long history, originally starting as DirSync to support the deployment of Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) in 2007.
If you are familiar with Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM), you’ll notice a lot of similarities shared with the current Azure AD Connect platform. Azure AD Connect (rebranded as Microsoft Entra Connect) allows you to connect to multiple directory sources and provision those objects to Azure Active Directory.
Planning and Sizing
Depending on your organization’s requirements for onboarding to Microsoft 365, as well as additional features or services that are included with your subscription, you may want (or need) to enable or configure additional Azure AD Connect features.
Table 4.2 illustrates the features that can be enabled through an Azure AD Connect setup:
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