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I don't suspect a problem with your approach, but if you don't mind overkill, this would be very safe::
uninstall dirsync, delete the db
extend the schema
reinstall dirsync (get the newest version) and let it
soft-match everyone.
Your specific questions (I have not tested the below, but assume it to be true):
>>AD schema extension will not break our Office 365 production
environment
I don't believe the dirsync installer makes any decisions based on the AD schema definition.  I'd think you will need to do a FULL SYNC (reg
key) once you're done. with the extension, but this doesn't break users.
>>new attributes will sync to the office 365 environment with a null value (by default) 
I don't think this will happen.  The absence of the attributes today would be similar to "null".
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