Microsoft Entra ID
ProvisioningMicrosoft Entra prerequisites for AD (Preview)
In brief
Adds an article covering prerequisites and license requirements for provisioning users and groups from Microsoft Entra ID to on-premises AD DS with Cloud Sync. It also links to configuration, testing, deployment, and agent-installation guidance.
What Entra admins need to know
Administrators can use the checklist to prepare their tenant and Active Directory environment before configuring provisioning.
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layout: Conceptual title: Microsoft Entra prerequisites for AD (Preview) author: dhanyahk ms.author: dhanyahk manager: mwongerapk ms.reviewer: marshmacy ms.service: entra-id ms.subservice: hybrid-cloud-sync ms.topic: how-to ms.date: 08/10/2026 description: Prerequisites and license requirements for provisioning users and groups from Microsoft Entra ID to on-premises Active Directory with Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync. ai-usage: ai-assisted ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1023 #customer intent: As a hybrid identity administrator, I want to identify provisioning prerequisites so that I can prepare my tenant and Active Directory environment.
Prerequisites for provisioning from Microsoft Entra ID to Active Directory (preview)
This article lists the prerequisites and license requirements for provisioning users and groups from Microsoft Entra ID to on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) by using Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync. Complete these items before you configure provisioning.
[!INCLUDE Prerequisites for provisioning from Microsoft Entra ID to Active Directory]
Next step
[!div class="nextstepaction"] Configure scoping filters and attribute mapping
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@+---+layout: Conceptual+title: Microsoft Entra prerequisites for AD (Preview)+author: dhanyahk+ms.author: dhanyahk+manager: mwongerapk+ms.reviewer: marshmacy+ms.service: entra-id+ms.subservice: hybrid-cloud-sync+ms.topic: how-to+ms.date: 08/10/2026+description: Prerequisites and license requirements for provisioning users and groups from Microsoft Entra ID to on-premises Active Directory with Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync.+ai-usage: ai-assisted+ms.custom: msecd-doc-authoring-1023+#customer intent: As a hybrid identity administrator, I want to identify provisioning prerequisites so that I can prepare my tenant and Active Directory environment.+---++# Prerequisites for provisioning from Microsoft Entra ID to Active Directory (preview)++This article lists the prerequisites and license requirements for provisioning **users and groups** from Microsoft Entra ID to on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) by using Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync. Complete these items before you [configure provisioning](how-to-configure-entra-to-active-directory.md).++[!INCLUDE [Prerequisites for provisioning from Microsoft Entra ID to Active Directory](../includes/provision-entra-to-active-directory-prerequisites.md)]++## Next step++> [!div class="nextstepaction"]+> [Configure scoping filters and attribute mapping](how-to-configure-entra-to-active-directory.md)++## Related content++- [Deployment options for provisioning to Active Directory](concept-deployment-options-provision-to-active-directory.md)+- [Test and enable provisioning to Active Directory](how-to-test-and-enable-provisioning-entra-to-active-directory.md)+- [What is Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync?](what-is-cloud-sync.md)+- [Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync prerequisites](how-to-prerequisites.md)+- [Install the Microsoft Entra provisioning agent](how-to-install.md)