Microsoft Indicates Demise for Older Active Directory Sync Tools

Microsoft gave notice on its older Active Directory synchronization tools, giving IT pros almost a year to move to its newer Azure Active Directory Connect tool.

Today, Microsoft announced a “deprecation schedule” for Windows Active Directory Sync (DirSync) and Azure Active Directory Synchronization Services (Azure AD Sync). The announcement appeared to be somewhat retroactive, though.

Microsoft will no longer develop those products after April 13, 2016. It won’t support them after April 13, 2017, per the announcement.

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