SAML - Creates new accounts, users already exist in domain .LOCAL

SAML - Creates new accounts, users already exist in domain .LOCAL

User profiles have been imported from Active Directory, and for users in SDP, the login "Domain Name"  is company.local. When we enabled SAML, it doesn't find the existing SDP user because SAML login uses "Domain Name" company (without the .local) so it creates a new account in domain company (without the .local).

The domain controller is named company.local except the legacy name is company (without the .local). 

The ldp we use is ADFS with the NameID mapped to sAMAccountName 
The fix is for the username to use company.local\username to locate the current SDP users instead of company\username. How would this be fixed? Thank you

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