Azure AD Connect Sync and Cloud Sync, What’s the Difference?

Many organizations use Azure AD Connect Sync to synchronize hybrid identities from Windows AD to Azure AD DS. Microsoft recently announces a new service, Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync, that also synchronizes Windows AD identities to Azure AD. In this video, we go over how they are similar, features that are different, and when to use one or the other.
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[@NyceTheProducer]

Thanks man. The last few minutes really cleared the differences up for me. Even MS's site on Cloud Sync didn't break down as well.

[@tambahako628]

Straight to the point compared to an hour long video i just watched lol

[@joshuasears4566]

Nice video, man. I really wish MS would come up with more distinct names for their Azure products. Thanks for your other video on Azure AD vs Azure AD DS as well.

[@nathanbird6599]

Really useful video Travis. Concise and to the point. Thanks!

[@Ciraltos]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stevejones4960]

Excellent summary, Thanks.

[@UdaySingh-df8hj]

Great explanation. thanks Travis.

[@Frankienoname0]

Incredible summary. Well done.

[@Ciraltos]

Thanks for watching

[@sathyar7078]

Awesome man I like your videos very much . It is really useful

[@Ciraltos]

Glad you like them!

[@alozborne]

It begs the question why Microsoft doesn't consolidate the feature set of these two solutions and offer only one AD sync agent that does it all. Hopefully that's in development. Thanks for the continuing good content :-)

[@Ciraltos]

I thought the same.

[@houlderltd9512]

After 1 year still no unique solution...

[@hoskyseriousinvestor]

and what about now?

[@MichaelSmith-sb6en]

Thanks Travis :)

[@Ciraltos]

You're welcome!

[@faisalsaifie1340]

Great video...👍

[@Ciraltos]

Thank you 👍

[@dustin7858]

Hi i have the Microsoft 365 Business basic and i want to connect my on-premise to Azure AD connect. My question = is Azure AD connect free, do i have to pay for anything ?

[@tambahako628]

Get a 365 Developer account and you can keep extending it after every 90 days as long as you're active using it. You get 25 free E5 licenses and access to Azure AD which gives you free AD Connect and Cloud Sync.

[@BobPellerin]

I understood that the Connect was going to be phased out. Clearly the AD Cloud Sync is not the replacement product. Thoughts?

[@Ciraltos]

I think it's a newer product and we will likely see some improvements in functionality in the future.

[@MajmeKriza]

If you don't have an az104 course a to z you should create one. I'll be one of your 1st buyers 😅

[@Ciraltos]

I have one that covers a significant part of it. www.udemy.com/course/hybrid-identity-and-azure-active-directory/?referralCode=7F62C4C6FD05C73ACCC3

[@widjisantoso3074]

Hi, that was interesting explanation. But, you say if object writeback isn't supported in cloud sync so SSPR isn't supported too. But in reality, Password Writeback using cloud sync menu is available. So, which one is correct?

[@Ciraltos]

Device and group writeback is not supported with cloud sync, but password writeback is. Not sure if that changed since the video was published. Here is a feature comparison. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/cloud-sync/what-is-cloud-sync#comparison-between-azure-ad-connect-and-cloud-sync