Quite a long time ago, one of my customers expressed a need for a custom PowerShell script that could be run as a scheduled task that would allow them to run a … [Keep Reading]
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AADCLoadBalancer Module
Quite a while ago I had a customer encounter issues with their AAD Connect primary node (they had a staging server, don’t worry) however the server wasn’t actually down, but it was … [Keep Reading]
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Duplicating your production AAD Connect sync rules on your staging server using the AAD Connect Helper Module
Once upon a time, migrating your AAD Connect primary sync server configuration to your staging server was a simple matter of using the Get-ADSyncServerConfiguration and Set-ADSyncServerConfiguration cmdlets provided as part of the … [Keep Reading]
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Using RegEx with AAD Connect (and GBL)
Somewhat recently, Microsoft released the Azure AD Premium Group-Based-Licensing (aka GBL) feature in Public Preview, and I’ve had a TON of my customers transition to using this new feature.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-licensing-group-advanced
So far … [Keep Reading]
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Testing AAD Connect Write-Back permissions on an OU
When installing and configuring AAD Connect with Exchange Hybrid and any of the other special features (Group Writeback, Password Writeback, Device Writeback), it’s necessary to delegate service account permissions in Active Directory … [Keep Reading]
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Throttling AAD Connect exports
Occasionally, it is necessary to throttle the number of exports you are writing back to a connected data source – either AD or Azure.
Perhaps you’re doing your first sync to the … [Keep Reading]
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AAD Connect Upgrade error – Microsoft.Online.Deployment.PowerShell.PowerShell InvocationException: An error occurred while executing the ‘Get-MsolUser’ command
An interesting issue occurred tonight during the upgrade of AAD Connect from 1.1.380 to the latest version. Of course, time was of the essence, so an error immediately after the Credential prompt … [Keep Reading]
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AAD Connect Event IDs
This is by no means a complete list, but it should get you started monitoring your AAD Connect Server…
Informational Events
AAD Connect Engine
904 – Scheduler related informational events… [Keep Reading]
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Dealing with AAD Connect, GalSync and Hybrid writeback to Contacts
I recently had a customer ask why they’re constantly seeing writeback to contact objects in the GalSync container, which seem to come and go without rhyme or reason. Well, there’s definitely a … [Keep Reading]
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DN value in AAD Sync AAD Connect – the NEW format
DirSync \ FIM used to use the Immutable ID value in the Azure connector space, making it somewhat straightforward to search for objects in the Azure CS using the ImmutableID (either copied … [Keep Reading]