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Shawn Gradwell
Asked: 2014-09-23 11:48:16 +0800 CST

Active Directory Sync to Remote Domain

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I have a client that needs to sync certain object AD info from their secure domain to our domain.

Something like the Windows Azure Directory Sync Tool, but just not for Azure.

I would like to use some Microsoft tool and not a 3rd party tool, and I would also not want to buy a tool for this.

I know FIM can sync AD data but that is not an option at the moment.

Any ideas?

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1 Answers

  1. Azure DirSync is a stripped-down version of FIM, from what I've read. If FIM isn't an option, there isn't anything native from Microsoft that will sync directories. Because they've already got it, and it's called FIM.

    You could do scheduled LDAP or CSV exports and imports and then schedule file transfers, that could be done using native tools. That won't sync any encrypted info like passwords, which is for the best.

    Hint - describe the business problem that you're really trying to solve, so we can see the whole picture, and perhaps advise you of a better approach. For example, ADFS is often a better solutions than syncing AD domains.

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