<s>
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
connecting	O
on-premises	O
identity	O
infrastructure	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Azure	I-Device
AD	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
encompasses	O
functionality	O
that	O
was	O
previously	O
released	O
as	O
Dirsync	B-Application
and	O
AAD	O
Sync	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
tools	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
released	O
individually	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
future	O
improvements	O
will	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
updates	O
to	O
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
synchronizes	O
on-premises	O
objects	O
present	O
in	O
Active	O
Directory	O
to	O
a	O
corresponding	O
Azure	O
AD	O
service	O
within	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
365	O
tenant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
GA	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
24	O
June	O
2015	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
on	O
Version	O
2.1.16.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
August	O
2022	O
all	O
1.x	O
versions	O
of	O
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
were	O
retired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Organizations	O
with	O
an	O
existing	O
Dirsync	B-Application
deployment	O
can	O
upgrade	O
in	O
place	O
(	O
for	O
directories	O
with	O
less	O
than	O
50,000	O
objects	O
)	O
or	O
otherwise	O
migrate	O
their	O
Dirsync	B-Application
settings	O
to	O
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
one-way	O
synchronizations	O
object	O
changes	O
in	O
Azure	O
AD/Microsoft	O
365	O
such	O
as	O
Full	O
Name	O
and	O
proxyAddresses	O
can	O
not	O
take	O
place	O
and	O
instead	O
require	O
the	O
changes	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
on-premise	O
first.Simplifying	O
Identity	O
ManagementWithout	O
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
the	O
user	O
accounts	O
and	O
groups	O
located	O
on-premise	O
will	O
be	O
separate	O
objects	O
from	O
ones	O
in	O
the	O
Azure	O
AD/Microsoft	O
365	O
cloud	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
cloud	O
objects	O
were	O
configured	O
similarly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
synchronizing	O
objects	O
between	O
on-premise	O
and	O
the	O
cloud	O
,	O
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
Connect	I-Application
allows	O
administrators	O
to	O
maintain	O
less	O
separate	O
user	O
identities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
an	O
administrator	O
installs	O
and	O
runs	O
the	O
Azure	B-Application
AD	I-Application
connect	I-Application
wizard	O
,	O
it	O
performs	O
the	O
following	O
steps	O
:	O
</s>
