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Question #: 7
Topic #: 2
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A company named Contoso Ltd., has a single-domain Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
Contoso is preparing to migrate all workloads to Azure. Contoso wants users to use single sign-on (SSO) when they access cloud-based services that integrate with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
You need to identify any objects in Active Directory that will fail to synchronize to Azure AD due to formatting issues. The solution must minimize costs.
What should you include in the solution?

  • A. Azure Advisor
  • B. Microsoft Office 365 IdFix
  • C. Azure AD Connect Health
  • D. Password Export Server version 3.1 (PES v3.1) in Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT)
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
by powertechnet at Oct. 28, 2019, 3:13 a.m.

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Ekramy_Elnaggar
Highly Voted 5 years, 3 months ago
it is a tricky question as both "Azure AD Connect Health" and "O365 IdFix" tools do the requirements but IdFix do it before the implementation ( i.e./ before start the sync ) , and Azure AD Connect Health show it after the sync done ( i.e./ live ) , and as the question is asking for the planning phase then it should be O365 IdFix tool , so the correct answer is B
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xmat
Highly Voted 5 years, 5 months ago
the answer B is correct, check https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/install-and-run-idfix "IdFix identifies errors such as duplicates and formatting problems in your Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain before you synchronize to Office 365."
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yassali
Most Recent 4 years, 2 months ago
B is ok ,IdFix identifies errors such as duplicates and formatting problems in your Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain before you synchronize to Office 365.
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azurecert2021
4 years, 2 months ago
given answer is correct Run IdFix to check for duplicates, missing attributes, and rule violations ,Use the IdFix DirSync Error Remediation Tool to find objects and errors that prevent synchronization to Azure AD. When Active Directory synchronization runs, an object doesn't sync, and you experience one of the following symptoms:
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azurecert2021
4 years, 2 months ago
You receive an error message that states that an attribute has a duplicate value. You receive an error message that states that one or more attributes violate formatting requirements such as character set or character length. You don't receive an error message, and directory synchronization seems to be completed. However, some objects or attributes aren't updated as expected. Some examples of the error message that you may receive: A synchronized object with the same proxy address already exists in your Microsoft Online Services directory. Unable to update this object because the user ID is not found.
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azurecert2021
4 years, 2 months ago
Unable to update this object in Microsoft Online Services because the following attributes associated with this object have values that may already be associated with another object in your local directory. Cause:- This issue occurs for one of the following reasons: The domain value that's used by AD DS attributes hasn't been verified. One or more object attributes that require a unique value have a duplicate attribute value (such as the proxyAddresses attribute or the UserPrincipalName attribute) in an existing user account. One or more object attributes violate formatting requirements that restrict the characters and the character length of attribute values. One or more object attributes match exclusion rules for directory synchronization. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/active-directory/objects-dont-sync-ad-sync-tool
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glam
4 years, 2 months ago
B. Microsoft Office 365 IdFix
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sanketshah
4 years, 3 months ago
B is correct answer
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cozzy
4 years, 7 months ago
ID Fix can be used proactively to identify issues, AD-Connect is reactive, you go fix it after it has failed. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/active-directory/objects-dont-sync-ad-sync-tool
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Chartar
4 years, 7 months ago
Incorrect answer correct answer is azure Ad connect health, the question does not mention o365 anywhere, the apps could be any service on azure they might not have a single o365 app
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cowshield
4 years, 7 months ago
This doesn't matter, because you run the Office 365 IdFix Tool BEFORE you attempt to synchronise to O365. It scans your existing AD for errors and there is no dependency on having, or planing to have O365 deployed. All you need to run the tool is AD, .net 4 and an account that has r/w access to AD. See github for the tool: https://github.com/microsoft/idfix "IdFix is used to perform discovery and remediation of identity objects and their attributes in an on-premises Active Directory environment in preparation for migration to Azure Active Directory" The answer is B - idFix
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cloudycloud
4 years, 7 months ago
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/active-directory/objects-dont-sync-ad-sync-tool clearly B : "One or more objects don't sync when using Azure Active Directory Sync tool"
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Yogi4ITexams
4 years, 7 months ago
Correct answer is B https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/troubleshoot/active-directory/duplicate-attributes-prevent-dirsync
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piggy_2020
4 years, 7 months ago
go for B idFix
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cj93s3
4 years, 8 months ago
B should be the correct answer
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Andy_Lee
4 years, 9 months ago
B please refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/prepare-directory-attributes-for-synch-with-idfix
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sarav1980
4 years, 10 months ago
B is right https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/prepare-directory-attributes-for-synch-with-idfix
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P0d
4 years, 11 months ago
Question is not about the synchronising with Office 365 or Microsoft 365. Idfix tool has 2 versions. IDfix and Office IDfix, Office IDfix need only when AD synchronizes with Offce 365 or Microsoft 365. In this question we use AD conenct health to monitor the issue
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P0d
4 years, 11 months ago
Skip it.
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Rajuuu
5 years ago
IdFix identifies errors such as duplicates and formatting problems in your Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain before you synchronize to Office 365. Answer is B. Azure AD Connect does not fix synchronisation issues .
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AS007
5 years, 1 month ago
Its pre-migration - so can't be C Answer is B
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