Deploying Directory Synchronization
After both AD FS internal and AD FS proxy are installed and configured, we need to start the installation of Directory Synchronization, before we can start testing whether AD FS was set up successfully for Office 365. The following high-level steps will be performed when installing the Directory Synchronization server.
- Confirming preparation specifications
- Running the DirSync readiness wizard
- Installing AAD Connect
- Verifying healthy Directory Synchronization
Confirming preparation specifications
Before deploying the AAD Connect tool, you must consider whether it is best for you to run the tool from an existing server, build a new one locally on your network, or provision a server within Azure. If you decide to run the tool on its own server then hosting it in Azure is definitely a good idea, especially if you don't have any virtualization resources on premises. Purchasing and building a new physical server is a costly exercise, but creating a new server...