manually run AD Directory Sync (DirSync) with Office 365

Issue:  You need to manually force DirSync to run in order to Sync your on-premise AD with Office 365’s Azure AD.
Note: This article was written for environments using Azure Active Directory Sync “DirSync”.  If you are Azure AD Connect, here are the steps to manually sync using Azure AD Connect.

Solution: Run a sync using powershell
1) Run PowerShell as Administrator
run powershell as administrator

2) type: cd\
3) type: cd “program files\Windows Azure Active Directory Sync”
4) type: Start-OnlineCoexistenceSyncStart-OnlineCoexistenceSync

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