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Yes, Assuming you are enabled for Exchange Hybrid in AADConnect, update the attribute msExchUsageLocation on-prem and it will sync automatically to Azure...Um.. Entra :)
How to set a user's usage location in Azure directly from On prime (Azure AD Connect )?
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Ahmad Abdeen
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How to set a user's usage location in Azure directly from On prime?
Can I user Azure AD Connect for that ???
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Andy David - MVP 157.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2023-07-23T18:47:18.75+00:00
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Givary-MSFT 35,621 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator2023-07-26T05:50:25.74+00:00 @Ahmad Abdeen There is no issue in enabling the exchange hybrid, as you want to use the Usage location attribute from on-premise to sync to Azure AD, on enabling the exchange hybrid option in Azure AD Connect, will create a sync rules which will help in syncing this attribute from on-premise to Azure AD.
Let me know if you have any further questions, feel free to post back.
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Ahmad Abdeen 20 Reputation points
2023-07-26T06:36:08.6533333+00:00 Hello @Givary-MSFT ,
I don't see the usage location attribute, should I do something to add this attribute for users in Windows server 2022.
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Givary-MSFT 35,621 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
2023-07-26T06:54:21.08+00:00 @Ahmad Abdeen You need to follow the step 1 from this article - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/plan-and-deploy/prepare-ad-and-domains?view=exchserver-2019#:~:text=/IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms_DiagnosticDataOFF.-,Step%201%3A%20Extend%20the%20Active%20Directory%20schema,-Tip which has the steps to extend the exchange schema in your on-premises AD environment.
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Givary-MSFT 35,621 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
2023-07-27T16:25:42.26+00:00 @Ahmad Abdeen Just checking in to see if above information was helpful. If you have any further updates on this issue, please feel free to post back.
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Ahmad Abdeen 20 Reputation points
2023-07-24T07:37:26.21+00:00 Hello Andy,
Thank you for your answer, must I enable Exchange hybrid? Do i have a risk when i enabled Exchange hybrid?
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Andy David - MVP 157.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2023-07-27T16:27:56.46+00:00 Are you using Exchange Online? Do you have Exchange on-prem?
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Ahmad Abdeen 20 Reputation points
2023-07-27T16:43:45.1433333+00:00 @Givary-MSFT and @Andy David Thank you very very much, everything is ok