Office 365 accounts are azure ad accounts automatically. That said, is easy to set up azure ad connect to sync your on premises ad accounts to azure ad. It keeps the account properties , including password and group membership, in sync between the two so that they appear to be a single account for most purposes.
Steve On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 6:19 PM Shawn Cummins <[email protected]> wrote: > What's your setup now? > > I would assume all the tiers operate the same and if you want to manage > them from on-prem AD you'll have to setup Azure AD sync on a server. So > yes, tied to Azure but not isolated from your domain completely. > > Shawn > > On Feb 24, 2017, at 6:19 PM, Eric Morrison <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Haven't heard that, but you may want to check out K1 license (Kiosk). > Since these users are not going to be logging into a computer or have an > office. > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heaton, > Joseph@Wildlife > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 4:59 PM > To: 'NT System Admin Issues Discussion list' <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [NTSysADM] Office 365 licensing question > > For the E1 licensing, I've heard a rumor that they have to be tied to > Azure AD, not on-prem AD. Does anyone know if that's correct? We have > several hundred employees that don't need a computer or Office, but do need > e-mail, for timesheet purposes. We want to give those folks E1 licenses. > > > Joe Heaton > Information Technology Operations Branch > Data and Technology Division > CA Department of Fish and Wildlife > 1700 9th Street, 3rd Floor > Sacramento, CA 95811 > Desk: (916) 323-1284 > > Every Californian should conserve water. Find out how at: > <image001.jpg><http://saveourwater.com/> > SaveOurWater.com<http://saveourwater.com/> * Drought.CA.gov< > http://drought.ca.gov/> > > >
