Directory Synchronisation – AKA Azure AD Connect
When delivering Office 365 Security Optimisation Assessments (SOA) to customers, one of the control items is the version of Azure AD Connect deployed along with some related configuration elements. In many cases, Azure AD Connect is not updated to a build that resolves both security and feature issues. Why is Azure AD Connect not current? Good question.
There are two main scenarios that I see rig… Read the rest “Upgrade to Azure AD Connect 2.0”
This is a reference post to illustrate the installation experience when installing Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect). AAD Connect is often referred by its older name of DirSync as it rolls off the tongue slightly easier. This post was written in March 2017, and installs AAD Connect version 1.1.443.0 which was the latest version at the time of writing. The Express installation option i… Read the rest “AAD Connect Express Installation Screenshots–March 2017”
Today marks the end of support for the legacy synchronisation tools which are used to connect on-premises Active Directory to Office 365 and Azure AD. Specifically Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync) and Azure AD Sync are the tools which are transitioning out of support at this time. Note also that version 1.0 of Azure Active Directory (AAD Connect) is also transitioning of support. … Read the rest “End of DirSync and AAD Sync Support”
When installing Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect), it is sometimes required that the initial synchronisation is not initiated until additional configuration has been performed. This may mean that rules have to be edited, or that certain filtering options are to be applied.
AAD Connect will inform you that synchronisation will not occur until you enable it. This is highlighted along the… Read the rest “How To Enable AAD Connect Sync Cycle”
Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect) was released today along with Azure Active Directory Connect Health (AAD Connect health). AAD Connect continues to drive the investments that are made to assist with on-boarding to Microsoft Azure and Office. The intent is that AAD Connect will replace DirSync and AAD Sync, and add multiple new capabilities.
The RTM build of AAD Connec… Read the rest “PSA – AAD Connect Released Also AAD Connect Health Released”
After upgrading my labs to Azure Active Directory Synchronization Services (AAD Sync), the install completed successfully and I was able to use the new process to manually initiate a full sync cycle. Excellent!
Since all went swimmingly, I was a little bit surprised a day later to find that newly created objects were not being created in the cloud nor were changes propagated to office 3… Read the rest “Azure Active Directory Synchronization Services (AAD Sync) – Beware the Synchronize Now Check Box”
DirSync in one of my O365 test labs started to complain that there were some issues with objects synching to Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD). EventID 0 was logging into the application event log, and stated: “The Management Agent 'Active Directory Connector' reported errors on execution”.
This is a an Exchange 2010 SP3 RU 7 based hybrid solution. Exchange 2013 is not present. DirSync is … Read the rest “DirSync Error 87 – The parameter Is Incorrect”