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Hi All<br />
We have subscribed to office 365 and employed a 3rd party to set up synchronisation of our AD (selected OU's) using 'forefront identity manager 2010'. Whilst this seems to work OK it only synchronises in one direction (AD to 0-365) so if people change their PW in 0-365 they are then out of sync.<br />
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What is the best tool to use for 0-365 2 way synchronisation, dirsync, azure, FIM, something else. There does seem to be a lot of options and I am note sure how to tell which is the correct path?<br />
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Any thoughts appreciated.<br />
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Regards<br />
Jo
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Hi All
We have subscribed to office 365 and employed a 3rd party to set up synchronisation of our AD (selected OU's) using 'forefront identity manager 2010'. Whilst this seems to work OK it only synchronises in one direction (AD to 0-365) so if people change their PW in 0-365 they are then out of sync.

What is the best tool to use for 0-365 2 way synchronisation, dirsync, azure, FIM, something else. There does seem to be a lot of options and I am note sure how to tell which is the correct path?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Regards
Jo

Office 365 2 Way Password synchronisation

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.

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Microsoft Forefront ISA Server

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