You're reading from Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition Design, deploy, and protect Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2022

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801070393

Length 780 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Active Directory Domain Services

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Dishan Francis

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Active Directory Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Active Directory Domain Services 2022

3. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

4. Active Directory Domain Name System

5. Placing Operations Master Roles

6. Migrating to Active Directory 2022

7. Managing Active Directory Objects

8. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices

9. Designing the OU Structure

10. Managing Group Policies

11. Active Directory Services – Part 01

12. Active Directory Services – Part 02

13. Active Directory Certificate Services

14. Active Directory Federation Services

15. Active Directory Rights Management Services

16. Active Directory Security Best Practices

17. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell

18. Hybrid Identity

19. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

21. Index

Syncing custom attributes to Azure AD

In the previous section, I explained how we can create custom Active Directory attributes. When we sync users from on-prem Active Directory to Azure AD by using Azure AD Connect, some of the attributes will also sync but not all. The complete list of attributes that will sync with Azure AD Connect is available at https://bit.ly/32lpFNn.

But sometimes, there can be business requirements to sync these custom Active Directory attributes to Azure AD. It could be to use them with cloud applications (SaaS) or to use them with a legacy Line-of-Business (LOB) application that is migrated to Azure. We can sync these custom attributes to Azure AD by using the Azure AD Connect "Directory extension attribute sync" feature.

In my demo environment, I am going to demonstrate how to sync a newly created custom Active Directory attribute (user class) to Azure AD. To simplify the process, I have already installed Azure AD Connect and configured...