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Cross-tenant synchronization in Entra ID

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Cross-tenant synchronization in Entra ID

Cross-tenant synchronization auto-provisions B2B guests between Microsoft Entra ID tenants in a multi-tenant organisation.

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What is cross-tenant synchronization?

An Entra feature that automatically provisions users from one tenant into another as B2B users, keeping attributes in sync and removing them when they leave scope. It is built for organisations that run several tenants…

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Does cross-tenant synchronization need a licence?

Entra ID P1 in the source tenant for users being synchronised; the target tenant does not need extra licences for the synchronised guests beyond the usual external-user terms.

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Can synced users use Teams and SharePoint in the target tenant?

Yes, as guests. They appear in the target tenant's directory and people picker, can be added to teams and sites, and with cross-tenant access trust settings they avoid double MFA. Some Teams features still behave as gue…

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