Follow these steps to setup the cloud environment endpoints.
- Navigate to Environments .
- Click New.
- Click Cloud as the environment type. Click Next.
- Name the environment. Click Next.
- The Global Administrator credentials should be in-hand and ready.
- Click Connect.
- Login to Microsoft 365.
- Accept the requested Application Permissions.
- Select any discovery group(s) that will be used to determine which objects are part of the environment.
- Do not place a check in the “INCLUDE OBJECTS SYNCHRONIZED WITH A LOCAL ACTIVE DIRECTORY VIA MICROSOFT ENTRA CONNECT” option as this is a cloud environment with hybrid objects that originate in an On-Premises Active Directory. For hybrid objects, we will be utilizing Local to Local setup to perform the GAL Sync.
- Click Next, then Finish.
- Repeat steps 2 – 11 for the next cloud environment.
Follow these steps to setup the cloud environment endpoints.
- Navigate to Environments.
- Click New.
- Click Local as the environment type. Click Next.
- Name the environment. Click Next.
- Name the local agent. Click Next.
- Note the agent registration URL and registration Key for later use, click Finish.
- Install the agent in the Windows Server that is joined to the local AD domain. Refer to the On Demand Migration Active Directory User Guide for detailed information about agent installation and set-up requirements.
- When the agent is installed and the environment is discovered, click Setting to access the local AD environment setting page.
- Under General Tab, select the Microsoft 365 tenant from the tenant drop down list under ‘Which cloud environment should this environment associated with?”
- Click the Organization Unit tab and define the OU filter based on your project scope.
- Click the Filters tab and define any LDAP filter based on your project scope.
- Click Save.
- Repeat steps 2 – 12 for the next local environment
Before we can build our workflow, it is best to set up your template(s). Templates contain common mappings and settings used to sync Users, Contacts, Devices, Groups, Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams. A template can then be applied to any workflow with a Stage Data step.
For the purpose of this guide, the following templates will need to be created GAL objects. Additional templates may be created for group membership synchronization.
- Cloud to Cloud GAL Sync Source to Target
- Cloud to Cloud GAL Sync Target to Source
- Local to Local GAL Sync