Is Entra Cloud Sync Useful? (Hybrid)
So there seems to be very little fanfare about Entra Cloud Sync and that makes me think what I am hoping it solves is probably not the case.
I recently joined a new company and unlike my previous 8 year stint where I configured and totally understood the hybrid nuances in this environment not only do I not have design knowledge it seems totally backwards.
Although the Entra connection agents run on DC’s it seems automations all run on the exchange server (I tried to decom it with a scream test and things screamed loud). The service desk use the on prem exchange web admin to make most user object changes including new user creation and when they create directly in AD it doesn’t sync back and creates on-prem Mail Users instead of remote mailboxes.
So the big question is, does Entra cloud sync solve the one way sync of Entra connect? Once set up in a hybrid environment AD/AAD(Entra) can the service teams start using cloud portals for management, can I move automations to graph instead of scripts calling on prem exchange servers? I’ll await positive responses with my fingers crossed 🤞