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Hi guys, i have recovered an On-Prem DC from backup that had AAD sync, however users who were created in the last 6 month are missing, but they do appear on the Azure AD. I have re-created the last 6 months users on the On-Prem AD, now i want to sync them to Azure without them losing their old mailboxes, how to i go about it?
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Hi @Tshwarelo MashigoThank you for posting your query on Q&A!
To answer your question Yes, it is possible to sync on-premises AD Users with existing Azure AD Users without losing the old mailboxes.
For more information, please follow the bellow articles
How to Sync On-Prem AD With Existing Azure AD Users
Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.
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Akhilesh.
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Hi there, the solutions seems to be working, however i get "Dublicate Attributes" alerts of the 30 users from Microsoft Entra Connect help.