As we prepared to launch a new product offering, Dana Epp decided to pose a question to some people on LinkedIn.

The question was simple: When you deployed ADFS and DirSync for Office 365 the first time, how long did it take you to get it working?

Here are the results (as of Monday morning, 9/17):

The first time I set it up, it took me about 3 days because at the time I had no clue what I was doing (insert joke here). This, I think, is the case for a lot of people as you can tell half the answers said either more than 3 days or it took too long.

On the flip side almost a quarter of the respondents said it took them about 4 hours. I wonder why?

What do you think? I’d love to hear your feedback in the comments below.