Category Archives: Azure AD

Download Azure Active Directory Connect older Version

How can we download Azure AD Connect old legacy versions, you can only download the latest version from Official Microsoft website, if you want to re-install the same old version one of your AADC servers then where can I get it? Is anywhere the Azure AD Connect server keep the current installed AADC installation setup… Read More »

How to Change .onmicrosoft.com to your own Domain Name on office365 and Azure AD

If you are started using initial mail address in Office 365 like yourdomain.onmicrosoft.com and want to migrate to your own custom real Domain name like yourdomain.com, user login name from ganesh@windowstricks.onmicrosoft.com to ganesh@Windowstricks.in, how to do this and is there any user impact connecting to the office 365 services login like Azure portal, Office 365 portal,… Read More »

Compare primary and staging Azure AD connect (AADC) sync servers

How to Compare primary and staging Azure AD connect (AADC) sync servers configuration and data: If you want to compare active and staging AADC sync servers before swap the roles between them, then you have to compare both the servers Azure AD connect configuration (which contains selected Forest/Domains/OUs and all sync rules) and also the… Read More »

Awaiting Export Confirmation Error on Azure AD Connect

Some time the Active Directory object sync failed with Awaiting Export Confirmation Error on Azure Synchronization Service Manager, if it’s for short time then no issues, Awaiting Export Confirmation error will be changed to update when the next replication cycle complete the object Synchronization, what we can do if the status continue to show same… Read More »

Azure Synchronization failed with “sync-rule-error-function-triggered” error and InnerException says sourceanchor attribute has changed

sync-rule-error-function-triggered error is due to the sourceanchor attribute has changed and why this caused the issue and how to Troubleshoot and fix the object which is not synchronizing to Azure AD, before that you have to understand sourceAnchor and immutable attributes and how this used on Azure AD symbolization process Also Read: Understand how On-Premises Active Directory… Read More »

How to Block user access to Azure portal

If you want to restrict portal.azure.com access to the normal users and you don’t want users to browse and see Azure resources, you can block the access by configuring restrict users to Azure Active Directory Administration Portal A user without admin role, accessing the Azure resource is normal behavior, in your on-premise Active Directory also… Read More »

Microsoft Online Reporting MonitoringAgent.Startup consumes all of the CPU resources on Azure AD Connect

On Azure AD Connect/Office 365 sync utility “Microsoft Online Reporting MonitoringAgent.Startup” utilize high CPU resources (almost 100%) which make the Azure AD Connect server hung, if issue started after installing the latest cumulative update which is causing Azure AD Connect Health Sync Monitor use all available CPU resource Also Read: Force Active Directory Sync through Azure AD Connect… Read More »