Azure AD Connect Group Writeback Deep Dive
Dive deep into Azure AD Connect and Azure Group Writeback to understand how it works with the attribute flow and learn some possible use cases for it.
Dive deep into Azure AD Connect and Azure Group Writeback to understand how it works with the attribute flow and learn some possible use cases for it.
On July 6, Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure AD Group Writeback. As is usual with announcements of this nature, it created several questions. In this article, I want to explain some higher-level details about the new feature.
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