In the previous chapter, we covered how to manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). We've learned how to manage this from the Azure portal and how to perform bulk updates inside your Azure AD tenant. We also covered how to configure self-service password reset for your users to reduce user management overhead, Azure AD Join, and how you can manage your devices that are registered or joined in Azure AD. 

This chapter is the last part of the Deploy and Configure Infrastructure objective. In this chapter, we are going to cover how to implement and manage hybrid identities. We are going to install and configure Azure AD Connect to synchronize the identities from your on-premises Active Directory to Azure AD. Then, you will learn how to manage Azure AD Connect. In the last part of this chapter, we will dive into password synchronization and password writeback. You will learn how to enable password synchronization in Azure AD Connect and the Azure portal. Lastly, you will learn how to manage password synchronization.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Understanding Azure AD Connect
• Installing Azure AD Connect
• Managing Azure AD Connect
• Managing password synchronization and password writeback