Sync a custom attribute Ëmployee ID from Active directory to Office 365

Question

I have a custom attribute "Employee ID" in Active directory in a sync with AD environment. What will be the best way for it to show up under custom attributes under Office admin centre.  Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello Nekenpongen,

Greetings. Had you referred to my latest reply? Feel free to let us know how it goes or others you need further help from our side.

Have a nice weekend.

Regards,

Rudy

Answer 2

Hello Nekenpongen,

Thanks for your information.

We have finished the test and finally get it. Please see the outcome:

If this is the case, you need to create a new Inbound sync rule to use the Custom attribute to get the employeeID's value, please see:

To create a new Inbound sync rule, please check here to get the detailed reference. And I will send you a word file with the detailed steps in a private message.

If this isn't the case, as a workaround, you can add the employeeID to the Notes esction in your local AD and this attribute will be synced to Office 365 EAC, please see:

Regards,

Rudy

Answer 3

Hello Nekenpongen,

Greetings.

Ok. Welcome to post back at your convenience.

Regards,

Rudy

Answer 4

Please provide details steps on what you are talking about. 

I have already extended the schema by adding custom attribute in AD following the article 

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20319.how-to-create-a-custom-attribute-in-active-directory.aspx

And now its (employeeID) showing up under attribute editor in ad and now I want it to show up under Office 365 active users under custom attributes.  

I already stated its a sync with AD environment. Please confirm if you have any clarifications.

Answer 5

Hello Nekenpongen,

From your description, we suppose that you mean the Custom attributes in Office 365 Exchange Admin center there:  recipients > mailboxes > user > general. And seems you don't have the on-premise Exchange server in your scenario,  so you can't use the Exchange related custom attributes as ms-Exch-Extension-Attribute1 through ms-Exch-Extension-Attribute15.

Please try to only expand AD schema for Exchange during the Exchange Setup, and then use the above mentioned custom attributes to create the "Employee ID".

Meanwhile, if you are not using the Azure AD Connect to sync your data with Office 365 cloud, please also update it. For your reference:

Azure AD Connect: Upgrade from a previous version to the latest

Feel free to let us know how it goes.

Regards,

Rudy