AAD user writeback

Roman Plokhotnikov 41 Reputation points
2021-09-28T10:29:10.053+00:00

Hi, is there any not very complicated way to perform a user writeback (with passwords) from AAD to on-premises ADDS?
We have a lot of users in o365 and a goal to sync them to ADDS, not by onetime export-import, but on persistent base.
I met a discussions that user writeback was as a preview feature in ADConnect but was removed quickly.
So is it possible anyway?
Thank You for any proposal

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  1. Vasil Michev 106.9K Reputation points MVP
    2021-09-28T10:47:52.167+00:00

    There is no native support for user writeback anymore, you can either use PowerShell export/import (easy to schedule periodically) or use a third-party tool aka GalSync.

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  1. Devaraj G 2,096 Reputation points
    2021-09-28T10:34:19.22+00:00

    You can perform this with Azure AD connect. Its pretty straight forward with the right pre-requestees.

    With password writeback enabled in Azure AD Connect, you can also configure Azure AD SSPR for writeback. (self service password resets for users).

    Please have a look for more details. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/tutorial-enable-sspr-writeback

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