Simplifying Student Schema in SDS

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Summary

On December 5, 2018, School Data Sync (SDS) is simplifying its schema for Students synced to Office 365. SDS will stop writing the attributes below to Microsoft Entra ID. SDS Admins don't need to take any action by default as a result of this change, however Admins should be aware of the change in sync behavior if already syncing Students in SDS.

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SDS will continue to sync and write these Student attributes to Microsoft Entra ID:

SDS will continue to sync and write these Student attributes to Microsoft Entra ID.

Implications of Changes to Schema

Below are the three changes and scenarios affected.

New Sync Profile Creation

  1. SDS will no longer provide the option in the Sync Profile Setup Wizard to sync and write the attributes in the first chart to Microsoft Entra ID.

Existing Sync Profile Management

  1. The option to edit an existing profile and add these attributes will no longer be present on the page.
  2. If you're already syncing these attributes on your existing sync profile, SDS will allow you to continue uploading files with these attributes included, however SDS will stop writing the data to Microsoft Entra ID even if you upload it successfully.

If you have any question about this change, reach out to the SDS Support team. If you're using these attributes in Microsoft Entra ID currently for App integration or PowerShell scripting, you should update your apps or scripts to use other native user attributes in Microsoft Entra ID, or the other attributes SDS will continue to write and manage for students through sync.