Active Directory

Entra Connect Sync: Unable to configure Directory Extensions

Entra Connect Sync: Unable to configure Directory Extensions

Recently, I found myself digging into the inner workings of Exchange Online auto-expanding archiving. Although there is plenty of documentation explaining how to enable the feature, I was surprised by how little information exists about what happens behind the scenes once an archive starts to grow. Questions such as when the archive expands, what triggers the expansion process, how additional storage is allocated, and how administrators can determine the actual archive size are not always easy to answer.

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Active Directory expired accounts and Entra Connect

Active Directory expired accounts and Entra Connect

In our previous article, we explained how to make Entra Connect honor the “Force password change at next logon” setting in Active Directory. This time, we’ll focus on managing expired AD accounts that are also synced to Entra ID, addressing what happens and how to ensure proper access control.

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Force password change at next logon for hybrid identities in Entra

Force password change at next logon for hybrid identities in Entra

Many organizations still operate in a hybrid identity environment, where on-premises Active Directory accounts are synchronized with Entra ID. In such setups, there may still be the need to enforce password changes for users, similar to how it was traditionally managed within Active Directory.

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