Hosting Controller AD Connect Sync
Synchronize from multiple sources to a single destination. Allow customers to synchronize data from their local repositories to your hosted Active Directory.
Achieve many-to-one synchronization as a service provider. Push changes from multiple on-premises Active Directories to your cloud instance. As a service provider host a single Active Directory instance and merge changes from multiple tenant Active Directory instances into your central hosted Active Directory.
No need to manage users in two places when it can be done in one.
Connector
Keep your AD passwords synchronized across your internal and external Active Directories. Make it easier for administrators to replicate and track password changes across Active Directories.
Perform one-way synchronization of identity data (users, groups) between an on-premises Active Directory and your hosted Active Directory. Manage account changes across multiple systems.
Reflect group changes made in an on-premises Active Directory to the hosted environment in real-time. Provide a complete and efficient identity management solution to your business.
Features
Use Case
Why should a service provider use AD Connect Sync? Understand the rationale for using AD Connect Sync.
A use-case typically for the service providers where they host a service requiring Active Directory authentication. Most typical of such services is hosting Microsoft Exchange. But this use-case is now getting increasingly common within organizations when their internal departments consolidate some of their services with their internal central IT teams.
Hosting Controller AD Connect Sync utility enables synchronization of user data from multiple tenant AD instances into a single host AD. This is done without any trust relationship.
Why AD Connect Sync?
There are plenty of good reasons to use AD Connect Sync for synchronizing your on-premises identities with those in the Cloud. The most important ones are:
AD Connect Sync is far easier to implement than other more complex options. Installing and configuring AD Connect Sync simply involves a few one-time configuration steps. AD Connect Sync is a simple service which requires an installation over the primary (or additional) domain controllers. Once installed, AD objects can be selected to initiate the sync process between the ADs.
AD Connect Sync does not require a two-way trust relationship to be established between domains neither does it demand the added complication of deploying an ADFS infrastructure. No additional servers, SSL certificates or DNS entries are required.
Costs can be cut into half or even more by deploying AD Connect Sync. There are no additional costs to consider above those of the licenses whereas other more expensive alternates like ADFS require additional server licensing, SSL certificates, hardware costs and/or virtual infrastructure resources and consultancy costs.