Change provisioning flow of existing groups to Microsoft Entra ID
Overview
Change the source of authority (SOA) for eligible groups synchronized from on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to Microsoft Entra ID. Once a group's SOA is changed, manage it directly in the cloud instead of in AD DS. This supports AD DS minimization and a cloud-first identity strategy.
Before changing a group's SOA, review the Group SOA guidance and confirm the group and dependent workloads meet the documented requirements. If a group must remain available in AD DS, configure security group provisioning from Microsoft Entra ID to AD DS so that cloud-side changes are reflected on-premises.
Remediation
- Review the Group SOA overview and guidance, including supported scenarios and prerequisites.
- Follow the configuration procedure to change the SOA of eligible groups to Microsoft Entra ID.
- For groups still required in AD DS, configure provisioning from Microsoft Entra ID to AD DS and validate that group changes are reflected as expected.