Keep in Sync with Microsoft Azure AD Sync Password Writeback

Originally published at https://adamtheautomator.com by June Castillote on August 3, 2022.

The on-premises infrastructure typically remains when your organization’s directory service moves to the cloud, particularly Azure Active Directory. This co-existence is known as a hybrid setup and can often confuse end users because some tasks they need to do on-premises while some are in the cloud.

One example is resetting or changing passwords. Some organizations require password change in their on-premises AD. If the users attempt to reset their passwords in Azure AD, they get an error, which leads to service desk calls and a decline in user experience.

What’s the right move? You should enable password writeback in Azure AD and your hybrid Active Directory infrastructure. Stay tuned; this tutorial teaches you how to enable password writeback step by step.

Prerequisites

This tutorial will be a hands-on demonstration. If you’d like to follow along, be sure you have the following:

• An Azure AD tenant — Register a free account if you don’t have one.
• An admin account with a Global Administrator or Hybrid Identity Administrator role in Azure AD.
• An on-premises Active…