1.0 Understanding the Office 365 Driver

The Office 365 driver offers automatic provisioning and synchronization of users to cloud applications. The driver seamlessly provisions and deprovisions users, group memberships, roles, and licenses to the Microsoft Online Services cloud application and keeps user identity information consistent across both the Identity Vault and Office 365.

Office 365 includes the hosted versions of Microsoft’s Server products. The driver provisions users to the following Microsoft Online Services:

  • Microsoft Exchange Online

  • Microsoft SharePoint Online

  • Microsoft Lync Online

  • Office Professional Plus

  • Office WebApps

NOTE:Although NetIQ remains committed to support Office 365 driver for critical issues, we recommend you to migrate to the new Azure AD Driver. The Azure AD Driver is the intended replacement for the Office 365 driver providing the same and additional functionality through an improved design that is more efficient and easier to configure. For more information, see Understanding How the Driver Works section of the NetIQ Office 365 and Azure Active Directory Driver Implementation Guide. In addition, the Azure AD driver provides a mechanism to migrate from the Office 365 driver. To plan your migration, see the Transitioning from Existing Office 365 Driver to New Azure AD Driver section of the NetIQ Office 365 and Azure Active Directory Driver Implementation Guide.