Microsoft has released a new public preview of Azure Active Directory Connect, a tool for connecting Windows Server AD to Azure AD.



From All About Microsoft:

The updated Azure AD Connect tool is a revised version of the Azure AD Connect tool that Microsoft made available in beta in August of this year. Company officials said Microsoft revised the tool because of feedback from testers that signaled Microsoft needed to make Azure AD Connect simpler.

Rather than offering a bunch of different tools for connecting on-premises and cloud directories, including DirSync, Azure AD Connect, Azure AD Sync, Active Directory Federation Services, etc., users "want one simple, integrated tool," according to a December 15 blog post announcing the new preview.

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