Provisioning options for Office 365
This topic explains different provisioning options available for an Office 365 app instance in Okta.
Operations supported | Provisioning options | |||
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Licenses and Roles Management Only | Profile Sync | User Sync | Universal Sync1 | |
Provision Users | ||||
Push licenses and roles | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Create user | N | Y | Y | Y |
Deactivate user | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Edit user directly from within Office 365 | Y2 | Y | N3 | N4 |
Sync profile attributes5 | ||||
Sync basic user profile attributes | N | Y | Y | Y |
Sync limited number of extended attributes in addition to the basic attributes | N | N | Y | Y |
Sync all extended attributes | N | N | N | Y |
Sync AD groups and resources6 | ||||
Sync security groups | N | N | N | Y |
Sync contacts | N | N | N | Y |
Sync distribution lists | N | N | N | Y |
Sync resource mailboxes | N | N | N | Y |

- User Sync and Universal Sync cannot be used with Directory Synchronization, Azure Active Directory Sync, or Azure Active Directory Connect.
- Once you select User Sync or Universal Sync, you cannot modify your selection back to Profile Sync.
- Exchange Hybrid is currently not supported.