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I ended up doing the research about changing the domain name for our organization to a routable domain name. <br />
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We went from a old-domain.name.local to new-domain.name.com<br />
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Spent about 40 hours converting the network and merging AD roles. No other comments really directed me in guidance for the steps following where I needed the guidance from.<br />
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Through research of TechNet articles, and other sources, I was able to accomplish my project.
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I ended up doing the research about changing the domain name for our organization to a routable domain name.

We went from a old-domain.name.local to new-domain.name.com

Spent about 40 hours converting the network and merging AD roles. No other comments really directed me in guidance for the steps following where I needed the guidance from.

Through research of TechNet articles, and other sources, I was able to accomplish my project.

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Has anyone used the DirSync function of Office 365?
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Has anyone used the DirSync function of Office 365?

DirSync to Office 365

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

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.

Active Directory

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Cloud computing, also known as on-demand computing, is a kind of Internet-based computing where shared resources and information are provided to computers and other devices. It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Cloud computing and storage solutions provide users and enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in third-party data centers, relying on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale.