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Which Azure AD Connect Versions Are Currently Supported?

This article will detail the different versions of Microsoft’s Azure AD Connect (AADC) sync software that are going out of support this month (August 2022) and in March 2023. If you’re still using one of these soon-to-be-deprecated Azure AD (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) Connect versions, you’ll want to plan your upgrades/migrations to supported versions...

Last Update: Jul 17, 2023

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How to Download, Install, and Configure Azure AD Connect V2

Last Update: Jul 17, 2023

In this guide, I’ll provide information on where to download Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) Connect V2 and walk you through the installation and configuration of it. Microsoft states that the most common topology is a single on-premises forest, with one or multiple domains, and a single Azure AD tenant. My guide will…

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What’s New in Azure AD Connect V2

Last Update: Mar 27, 2023

Azure AD Connect is a free tool from Microsoft that’s used for synchronizing objects between on-premises Windows Server Active Directory (AD) and Azure Active Directory. Microsoft announced in August the availability of Azure AD Connect V2.0. And in this article, I’m going to discuss the major changes in this new release. Here are the major…

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Improvements to Azure AD Connect, Plus Reasons to Upgrade to Latest Version

Last Update: Aug 17, 2022

Learn what’s new in Azure AD Connect 1.1, plus reasons why you should upgrade to the latest version.

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Azure AD Connect Gets Better Performance and Cloud Provisioning Attribute Mapping in Preview

Faster synchronization, on-demand user provisioning, and attribute mapping come to Azure AD Connect and cloud provisioning.

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Azure AD Connect Cloud Provisioning Syncs Identities from Disconnected Forests

Cloud provisioning simplifies synchronizing on-premises identities to Azure AD during mergers and acquisitions.

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Set Up Azure Active Directory Connect Pass-Through Authentication

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to set up Azure Active Directory Connect pass-through authentication.

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Azure Active Directory Connect Makes Cloud Single Sign-On Easy

Russell Smith outlines two new features of Azure Active Directory Connect, Seamless Single Sign-On and Pass-Through Authentication.

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Azure AD Connect Health General Availability

Get an overview of Azure AD Connect Health, a feature for monitoring the status of your synchronization or federation between on-premises Active Directory and the cloud-based Azure Active Directory.

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Adding Microsoft Cloud to a Small-to-Medium Business

There’s lots of talk about cloud and what it can do for your business. But with so many offerings, even from one vendor such as Microsoft, it can be confusing to determine what’s the best way forward.

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