Provisioning options for Office 365

Caution

User Sync and Universal Sync cannot be used with DirSync, Azure Active DirectoryActive Directory (AD) is a directory service that Microsoft developed for the Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services. Initially, Active Directory was only in charge of centralized domain management. Sync, or Azure Active Directory Connect.
Once you select User Sync or Universal Sync, you can not modify your selection back to Profile Sync.

Operations supported	ProvisioningProvisioning is the enterprise-wide configuration, deployment, and management of multiple types of IT system resources. Specifically, provisioning provides users access to equipment, software, or services. This involves creating, maintaining and deactivating required business process automation objects and attributes in systems, directories, and applications. options
Operations supported	Licenses and Roles Management Only	Profile Sync	User Sync	Universal Sync1Universal Sync does not support JIT-enabled Active Directory instances.
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	Y2Not available with Azure Active Directory Sync or Directory Synchronization.	Y	N3Users can no longer be edited directly from within Office 365. Changes must occur at the source of truth and be synced across.	N4Users can no longer be edited directly from within Office 365. Changes must occur at the source of truth and be synced across.
Sync profile attributes5See Supported user profile attributes for Office 365 provisioning.
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 groupsGroups allow you to organize your end users and the apps they can access. Assigning apps to large sets of end users is made easier with groups. and resources6To sync groups from other directory services and apps to Office 365, configure Group Push. You must first configure provisioning and user assignments before pushing groups to Office 365. See Using Group Push.
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

Provisioning options for Office 365

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