Implementing Password Hash Sync with Express Settings

This recipe shows how to configure Password Hash Sync as the authentication method toward Azure AD, using Azure AD Connect Express Settings.

This recipe assumes your organization already possesses an Active Directory domain and Azure AD tenant for which you know the credentials for an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group, and the credentials for an account that is assigned the Global administrator role, respectively.

Getting ready

Dedicate at least one domain-joined Windows Server system on the internal network as the host for Azure AD Connect for your organization. As this Windows Server will have a SQL Server Express database hosted on it, be sure not...