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Azure AD Connect: the staging server

semperis.com | blog | #cloud | #high-availability | #azure-ad | #hybrid-identity | #ad-connect | #identity-synchronization | #staging-server

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Explaining the little-noticed Azure AD Connect staging server option: why its sync database has no fault tolerance, and how a staging server mitigates the sync outages enterprise customers ask about.
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