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Do you have a link I can use for the steps?
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Do you have a link I can use for the steps?

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To my knowledge, no such thing exists. Like any large solution, it is being built from multiple parts. You can easily find walkthroughs on creating an Azure VM. Or a site to site VPN into azure. Or hoe to configure dirsync on a server. <br />
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Just take your steps, search for and act on each one, and move on to the next. If you are looking for a monolithic document that covers your exact scenario, topology, and layout, you might be asking for a bit much. There are just too many potential combinations to make such documents common or practical.
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To my knowledge, no such thing exists. Like any large solution, it is being built from multiple parts. You can easily find walkthroughs on creating an Azure VM. Or a site to site VPN into azure. Or hoe to configure dirsync on a server.

Just take your steps, search for and act on each one, and move on to the next. If you are looking for a monolithic document that covers your exact scenario, topology, and layout, you might be asking for a bit much. There are just too many potential combinations to make such documents common or practical.

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I was asked to do the following.<br />
1. Set up an Azure server and join it to the on Premises domain. &nbsp; <br />
2. Install the Active Directory Synchronization tool in Office 365<br />
3. configure DirSync<br />
4. synchronize Microsoft 365 to the on premises domain controller using the Azure server as the go between.<br />
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I have never done this before and was wondering if anyone can help me know how to proceed. <br />
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There is a concern that since the Premises server is created first and then Microsoft 365 the existing mailboxes will be wiped out.<br />
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Is that a possibility or is there a better way to go about doing this task?
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I was asked to do the following.
1. Set up an Azure server and join it to the on Premises domain.   
2. Install the Active Directory Synchronization tool in Office 365
3. configure DirSync
4. synchronize Microsoft 365 to the on premises domain controller using the Azure server as the go between.
 
I have never done this before and was wondering if anyone can help me know how to proceed. 

There is a concern that since the Premises server is created first and then Microsoft 365 the existing mailboxes will be wiped out.

Is that a possibility or is there a better way to go about doing this task?

Azure server - Premises domain - Office 365 DirSync

Office 365 is a group of software plus services subscriptions that provides productivity software and related services to its subscribers. Office 365 allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windows and OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's cloud storage service OneDrive, and grants 60 Skype minutes per month. Office 365 includes e-mail and social networking services through hosted versions of Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, SharePoint and Office Online, integration with Yammer, as well as access to the Office software. All of Office 365's components can be managed and configured through an online portal; users can be added manually, imported from a CSV file, or Office 365 can be set up for single sign-on with a local Active Directory using Active Directory Federation Services.

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services through datacenters. It provides both platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. Cloud Services is a PaaS environment and can be used to create scalable applications and services; there are specific software development kits (SDKs) provided by Microsoft for Python, Java, Node.js and .NET. Azure also has file and storage services, data management, analytics and DNS services.

Azure

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.