Migration from pure Entra Cloud environment to hybrid on-prem AD x Entra environment

Paulllll_ 0 Reputation points
2024-04-30T08:30:41.1133333+00:00

Hello Community,

I have the problem that we want to switch from a pure Entra environment (with users, groups, etc.) to a hybrid model, in order to be able to use the advantages of on-prem AD - especially x802.1/user authentication in WiFi via EAP-TLS.

I'm aware of a solution with a cloud RADIUS server but they seem to be a bit too pricy (unless i'm incorrect in my assumption?)

Unfortunately, I found out that this way is not as easy as the other way around (from on-prem to hybrid).

If I have understood correctly, it is not possible to automatically migrate users from Entra to AD because Entra does not have user writeback rights?

I really hope I am wrong here but unfortunately I have found sobering little Microsoft documentation apart from this (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/cloud-sync/how-to-configure-entra-to-active-directory) which only allows group creation? I would be very grateful for enlightenment, if available a guide or further documentation would also be appreciated.

Many thanks in advance!

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  1. Vasil Michev 96,516 Reputation points MVP
    2024-04-30T15:20:08.1633333+00:00

    There is no user writeback feature indeed, the usual approach is to export the properties of the cloud users via PowerShell/Graph API and use the exported data to create matching accounts in your on-premises AD. After which, you can configure the sync.

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