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The sync gap

🔄 Why Mobile Numbers Aren’t Syncing from AD to Entra ID TL;DR: Your AD mobile numbers aren’t updating in Entra ID Hybrid environment? It’s likely that BypassDirSyncOverridesEnabled is not what you expect it to be. 🚨 The Problem In hybrid Microsoft Entra ID environments, admins are surprised to find that mobile numbers in Active Directory don’t sync to Entra for some users — even though all other attributes do perfectly. You also don’t see any signs of failure on Entra Connect log. ...

June 11, 2025