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articles/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-group-writeback-disable.md

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# Disabling Group writeback
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# Disabling group writeback
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To disable Group writeback for your organization, use the following steps:
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To disable group writeback for your organization, use the following steps:
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1. Launch the Azure Active Directory Connect wizard and navigate to the Additional Tasks page. Select the Customize synchronization options task and click next.
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2. On the Optional Features page, uncheck group writeback. You'll receive a warning letting you know that groups will be deleted. Click Yes.
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## Rolling back group writeback
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To disable or roll back group writeback via powershell, do the following:
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To disable or roll back group writeback via PowerShell, do the following:
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1. Open a PowerShell prompt as administrator.
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2. Disable the sync scheduler after verifying that no synchronization operations are running:

articles/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-group-writeback-enable.md

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7. On the **Ready to configure page**, click **Configure**.
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8. When the wizard is complete, click **Exit** on the Configuration complete page. Group Writeback will be automatically configured.
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>[!Note]
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>The following is performed automatically after the last step above. However, if you experience permission issues while exporting the object to AD then do the following:
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>Open the Windows PowerShell as an Administrator on the Azure Active Directory Connect server, and run the following commands. This step is optional
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>``` PowerShell
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>$AzureADConnectSWritebackAccountDN = <MSOL_ account DN>
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>Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect\AdSyncConfig\AdSyncConfig.psm1"
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># To grant the <MSOL_account> permission to all domains in the forest:
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>Set-ADSyncUnifiedGroupWritebackPermissions -ADConnectorAccountDN $AzureADConnectSWritebackAccountDN
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># To grant the <MSOL_account> permission to specific OU (eg. the OU chosen to writeback Office 365 Groups to):
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>$GroupWritebackOU = <DN of OU where groups are to be written back to>
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>Set-ADSyncUnifiedGroupWritebackPermissions –ADConnectorAccountDN $AzureADConnectSWritebackAccountDN -ADObjectDN $GroupWritebackOU
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>```
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>[!Note]
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>The following is performed automatically after the last step above. However, if you experience permission issues while exporting the object to AD then do the following:
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>Open the Windows PowerShell as an Administrator on the Azure Active Directory Connect server, and run the following commands. This step is optional
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>``` PowerShell
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>$AzureADConnectSWritebackAccountDN = <MSOL_ account DN>
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>Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect\AdSyncConfig\AdSyncConfig.psm1"
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># To grant the <MSOL_account> permission to all domains in the forest:
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>Set-ADSyncUnifiedGroupWritebackPermissions -ADConnectorAccountDN $AzureADConnectSWritebackAccountDN
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># To grant the <MSOL_account> permission to specific OU (eg. the OU chosen to writeback Office 365 Groups to):
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>$GroupWritebackOU = <DN of OU where groups are to be written back to>
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>Set-ADSyncUnifiedGroupWritebackPermissions –ADConnectorAccountDN $AzureADConnectSWritebackAccountDN -ADObjectDN $GroupWritebackOU
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>```
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When configuring group writeback, there will be a checkbox at the bottom of the Group Writeback configuration window. Select the box to enable this feature.
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>Groups being written back from Azure AD to AD will have a source of authority of the cloud. >This means any changes made on-premises to groups that are written back from Azure AD will be overwritten on the next sync cycle.
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- [Azure AD Connect group writeback](how-to-connect-group-writeback-v2.md)

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- Groups with assigned and dynamic memberships can be written back.
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- Directory settings can be configured to control whether newly created Microsoft 365 groups are written back by default.
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- Group nesting in Azure AD will be written back if both groups exist in AD.
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- Written back groups nested as members of on-prem AD synced groups will be synced up to Azure AD as nested.
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- Written back groups nested as members of on-premises AD synced groups will be synced up to Azure AD as nested.
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- Devices that are members of writeback enabled groups in Azure AD, will be written back as members to AD. Azure AD registered and Azure AD Joined devices require device writeback to be enabled for group membership to be written back.
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- The common name in an Active Directory group’s distinguished name can be configured to include the group’s display name when written back.
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- The Azure AD Admin portal, Graph Explorer, and PowerShell can be used to configure which Azure AD groups are written back.
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The cmdlet is part of the [ADSync PowerShell](reference-connect-adsync.md) module that is installed with Azure AD Connect.
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[![Screenshot of Get-ADSyncAADCompanyFeature cmdlet.](media/how-to-connect-group-writeback/pshell-1.png)](media/how-to-connect-group-writeback/pshell-1.png#lightbox)
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[![Screenshot of Get-ADSyncAADCompanyFeature cmdlet.](media/how-to-connect-group-writeback/powershell-1.png)](media/how-to-connect-group-writeback/powershell-1.png#lightbox)
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The `UnifiedGroupWriteback` refers to the original version, while `GroupWritebackV2` refers to the new version.
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### Discover the current writeback settings for existing Microsoft 365 groups
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You can view the existing writeback settings on Microsoft 365 groups in the portal. Navigate to the group and select its properties. You can see the Group write-back state on the group.
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[![Screenshot of M365 group properties.](media/how-to-connect-group-writeback/group-2.png)](media/how-to-connect-group-writeback/group-2.png#lightbox)
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[![Screenshot of Microsoft 365 group properties.](media/how-to-connect-group-writeback/group-2.png)](media/how-to-connect-group-writeback/group-2.png#lightbox)
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To verify if Active Directory has been prepared for Exchange, see [Prepare Active Directory and domains for Exchange Server, Active Directory Exchange Server, Exchange Server Active Directory, Exchange 2019 Active Directory](https://docs.microsoft.com/Exchange/plan-and-deploy/prepare-ad-and-domains?view=exchserver-2019#how-do-you-know-this-worked)
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While this release has undergone extensive testing, you may still encounter issues. One of the goals of this public preview release is to find and fix any such issues before moving to General Availability.  While support is provided for this public preview release, Microsoft may not always be able to fix all issues you may encounter immediately. For this reason, it's recommended that you use your best judgment before deploying this release in your production environment.  Limitations and known issues specific to Group writeback:
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- Cloud [distribution list groups](https://docs.microsoft.com/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/manage-distribution-groups/manage-distribution-groups) created in Exchange Online cannot be written back to AD, only Microsoft 365 and Azure AD security groups are supported.
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- To be backwards compatible with the current version of group writeback, when you enable group writeback, all existing Microsoft 365 groups are written back and created as distribution groups, by default. This behavior can be modified by following the steps detailed in the [modify default behavior](link article 2) article.
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- When you disable writeback for a group, the group won't automatically be removed from your on-premises Active Directory, until hard deleted in Azure AD. This behavior can be modified by following the steps detailed in the [modify default behavior](link article 2) article.
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- To be backwards compatible with the current version of group writeback, when you enable group writeback, all existing Microsoft 365 groups are written back and created as distribution groups, by default. This behavior can be modified by following the steps detailed in [Modifying group writeback](how-to-connect-modify-group-writeback.md).
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- When you disable writeback for a group, the group won't automatically be removed from your on-premises Active Directory, until hard deleted in Azure AD. This behavior can be modified by following the steps detailed in [Modifying group writeback](how-to-connect-modify-group-writeback.md)
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