Azure AD syncs all forest users, not specific OUs

Boris Ilin 1 Reputation point
2022-11-01T13:51:47.663+00:00

On my AD server there are several OUs with users.
At the time of setting up the Azure AD Connect, I set up synchronization in Azure AD of users from only one OU, but after setting up users from all OUs were transferred to Azure AD.
Please tell me how can I fix this situation, a Google search did not give me the results I needed

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  1. Michael Durkan 12,156 Reputation points MVP
    2022-11-01T14:01:03.777+00:00

    Hi

    when you ran the initial setup of Azure AD Connect, instead of selecting Express Settings you should have had the option for "Domain/OU Filtering" and only select the OU's you wished to synchronize (screenshot below):

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    To change this now, re-run the AzureAD Connect wizard and specifyt the OUs you wish to synchronize. Follow the steps in this link:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-install-custom

    Thanks

    Michael Durkan

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  2. JimmySalian-2011 41,921 Reputation points
    2022-11-01T14:03:55.407+00:00

    Hi Boris,

    So you want to change the scope of the OU to specific OUs instead of all the OUs and all the Users? If answer is Yes you will need to re-run the AAD Connect configuration wizard and de-select the OUs that you do not want to sync and select only the OUs that you want via the OU picker check here how-to-connect-install-custom

    The out of sync users will be deleted from the AAD.

    Hope this helps.
    JS

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  3. Boris Ilin 1 Reputation point
    2022-11-01T14:37:12.387+00:00

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    These are my filtering settings at the moment, but all domain users still get into Azure AD