Join us for a conversation with Dhanyah Krishnamoorthy, Product Manager at Microsoft, as she discusses Microsoft Entra Connect Sync and Cloud Sync solutions for synchronizing on-premises Active Directory identities to Entra ID.

Learn about Microsoft's overall strategy for syncing and what you can do to prepare for the future including security considerations and scaling guidance.

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About Dhanyah

Dhanyah Krishnamurthy is a Principal Product Manager in the Microsoft Entra product group. For the past four years, Dhanyah has focused on hybrid identity scenarios, leading the product management for critical services that help organizations manage identities between on-premises Active Directory and the cloud. She specifically owns Microsoft Entra Connect Sync and the newer Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync capabilities, designing solutions to streamline identity provisioning, enhance security, and support complex scenarios like mergers and acquisitions.

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🔗 Related Links

* Hybrid Identity - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/

* Comparison between Microsoft Entra Connect and cloud sync - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/cloud-sync/what-is-cloud-sync

* Topologies for Microsoft Entra Connect - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/connect/plan-connect-topologies

* Factors influencing the performance of Microsoft Entra Connect - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/connect/plan-connect-performance-factors

* Group writeback with Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/group-writeback-cloud-sync

📗 Chapters

00:00 Intro

03:16 Why Two Sync Solutions? Connect Sync vs Cloud Sync History

05:17 Benefits of Cloud Sync vs Connect Sync

06:23 Cloud Sync Advantage: Mergers & Acquisitions

08:16 Cloud Sync Advantages: Lightweight, High Availability, Simplicity

10:17 Shared Provisioning Agent Benefits

10:59 Future Plans: Investing in Cloud Sync

12:11 Coexistence: Using Cloud Sync & Connect Sync Together

13:25 Getting Started with Cloud Sync: Group Writeback & Acquisitions

15:56 Choosing the Right Tool: When to Use Cloud Sync

16:34 Using the Sync Wizard for Recommendations

18:03 Operational Differences & Admin Roles

19:53 Group Writeback Scaling Considerations

22:31 Common Customer Issues: Topologies & Configuration

25:36 Scaling Guidance: When to Worry About Performance

29:12 Security Considerations: Connect Sync vs Cloud Sync

30:41 Connect Sync Security Hardening & Updates

33:40 Cloud Sync Security & GMSA Accounts

35:16 Final Thoughts & Call to Action

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