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Deleting user accounts

Deleting user accounts

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Deleting user accounts

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- [Instructor] Okay, so let's talk about the final CRUD operation for users, deleting user accounts. This is very simple and straightforward. If you want to delete hybrid accounts, you do it on premises because that's where the source of authority is. This then takes effect into the cloud through AD Connect, so the corresponding cloud counterpart also vanish. Now here's a revelation. This is why it is strongly recommended that you enable Active Directory Recycle Bin in Windows server because if you're deleting an account on premises, you can only recover it back on premises. If you don't have Active Directory Recycle Bin enabled and accidentally end up deleting a user account, there's no way to recover it. It will be gone forever from both environments. Azure AD cannot recover a hybrid account because it's not the source of authority. Understanding this is very critical. Of the less serious of scenarios, if you have…

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