Microsoft 365 Security Administration Exam: Active Directory Synchronization Tool

Check Active Directory for Issues Preventing Azure AD Synchronization

Question

You are planning to synchronize your local AD users to Azure AD and Office 365

Which tool should you use to check your Active Directory for issues that could prevent accounts synchronizing to Azure AD?

Answers

Explanations

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A. B. C. D.

Correct Answer: A

You should run Idfix for identifying and remediating possible synchronization errors prior to deployment to Office 365

Option B is incorrect.

This is a migration tool for Sharepoint, OneDrive and Teams.

Option C is incorrect.

Azure Storage Explorer is an app that lets you browse your storage account resources.

Option D is incorrect.

This is a tool that lets you view and change Azure AD Connect out-of-the-box synchronization rules.

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The tool that should be used to check Active Directory for issues that could prevent accounts synchronizing to Azure AD is Idfix (Option A).

Idfix is a free tool provided by Microsoft that can be used to analyze and fix identity objects in an on-premises Active Directory environment before syncing to Azure AD or Office 365. It can be used to identify and correct issues that can cause synchronization errors such as duplicate or missing attributes, invalid characters, and other inconsistencies.

The SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool (Option B) is a tool used to assess SharePoint server environments before migration to SharePoint Online. It is not designed to identify issues that could prevent accounts from synchronizing to Azure AD.

Azure Storage Explorer (Option C) is a tool used to manage and browse Azure storage resources. It is not designed to check Active Directory for synchronization issues.

The AD Connect synchronization rules editor (Option D) is a tool used to customize the synchronization rules between on-premises Active Directory and Azure AD. It is not designed to check for synchronization issues in Active Directory.