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‎articles/active-directory/governance/entitlement-management-access-package-first.md

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- Set up group writeback in the Azure Active Directory admin center.
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- The Organizational Unit (OU) that will be used to set up group writeback in Azure AD Connect Configuration.
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- Complete the [group writeback enablement steps](../hybrid/how-to-connect-group-writeback-v2.md#enable-group-writeback-using-azure-ad-connect) for Azure AD Connect.
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- Complete the [group writeback enablement steps](../hybrid/how-to-connect-group-writeback-enable.md) for Azure AD Connect.
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Using group writeback, you can now sync Microsoft 365 groups that are part of access packages to on-premises Active Directory. To sync the groups, follow the steps below:
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- name: Enable device writeback
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- name: Enable group writeback
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href: how-to-connect-group-writeback-v2.md
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- name: Enable group writeback
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href: how-to-connect-group-writeback-enable.md
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- name: Modify group writeback
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href: how-to-connect-modify-group-writeback.md
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href: how-to-connect-group-writeback-disable.md
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- name: Device options
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- name: Additional features in Azure AD Connect

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title: 'Disable group writeback in Azure AD Connect'
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description: This article describes how to disable Group Writeback in Azure AD Connect.
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services: active-directory
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author: billmath
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manager: karenhoran
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ms.service: active-directory
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.workload: identity
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ms.date: 06/15/2022
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ms.subservice: hybrid
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ms.author: billmath
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ms.collection: M365-identity-device-management
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---
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# Disabling group writeback
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The following document will walk you thorough disabling group writeback. 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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>[!Important]
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>Disabling Group Writeback will cause any groups that were previously created by this feature to be deleted from your local Active Directory on the next synchronization cycle.
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3. Uncheck the box
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4. Click Next.
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5. Click Configure.
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>[!Note]
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>Disabling Group Writeback will set the Full Import and Full Synchronization flags to 'true' on the Azure Active Directory Connector, causing the rule changes to propagate through on the next synchronization cycle, deleting the groups that were previously written back to your Active Directory.
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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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1. Open a PowerShell prompt as administrator.
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2. Disable the sync scheduler after verifying that no synchronization operations are running:
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Set-ADSyncScheduler -SyncCycleEnabled $false
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Import-Module 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure AD Sync\Bin\ADSync\ADSync.psd1'
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Set-ADSyncAADCompanyFeature -GroupWritebackV2 $false
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Set-ADSyncScheduler -SyncCycleEnabled $true
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## Next Steps:
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- [Azure AD Connect group writeback](how-to-connect-group-writeback-v2.md)
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- [Modify Azure AD Connect group writeback default behavior](how-to-connect-modify-group-writeback.md)
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title: 'Enable Azure AD Connect group writeback'
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description: This article describes how to enable Group Writeback in Azure AD Connect.
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services: active-directory
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author: billmath
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# Enable Azure AD Connect group writeback
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Group writeback is the feature that allows you to write cloud groups back to your on-premises Active Directory using Azure AD Connect Sync.
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## Deployment Steps
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Group writeback requires enabling both the original and new versions of the feature. If the original version was previously enabled in your environment, you will only need to follow the first set of steps, as the second set of steps has already been completed.
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>It is recommended that you follow the [swing migration](how-to-upgrade-previous-version.md#swing-migration) method for rolling out the new group writeback feature in your environment. This method will provide a clear contingency plan in the event that a major rollback is necessary.
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