Is there a way to auto sync on prem AD to Azure AD?

Question

For example, I am trying to add a user in our on prem AD and want to automatically sync with azure ad. Is this possible? We use azure-ad-connect

Answer 1

Sure thing.
Assuming a sync isnt already in progress, run from powershell on the AADConnect Server

Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta  

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-sync-feature-scheduler#:~:text=If%20you%20need%20to%20manually,Initial%20from%20a%20PowerShell%20prompt.

Answer 2

Hi @Kevin Hinds

Thank you for asking this question on the **Microsoft Q&A Platform. **

With Azure AD Connect you do what you need,

The synchronization is not automatically, usually, it happens every 30 minutes

You can force the synchronization with the following Powershell commands on the server where Azure AD Connect is installed:

Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta  

This will only synchronize current changes.

Run the following command to force a complete sync but note that the length of sync time would be increased.

Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Initial  

More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/powershell-basics-how-to-force-azuread-connect-to-sync/ba-p/887043

Hope this helps,
Carlos Solís Salazar

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