AAD Connect

Azure AD Connect – You can now provision cloud identity from disconnected Active Directory

As you already know Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect) is the easiest and quickest way to provision identities in Azure AD, especially for large organization, while providing simple authentication method to cloud services (password hash sync, Seamless SSO…). That being said, you may find yourself in position you have to quickly provide cloud identities […]

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Azure – New Azure AD Connect version (1.4.32.0) is now available

A new version of Azure AD Connect (AAD Connect) version 1.4.32.0 is now available. It contains a fix for the known issue with Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) which was fixed with an interim version only available for auto upgrade. This version introduces an internal schema change which will require you to use MSOnline PowerShell

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Azure AD Connect / ADFS – You can now stage your migration from AD FS (preview)

When you are moving to cloud services (in this case Office 365 and/or Azure Active Directory/Azure), it is important that the authentication process is working seamlessly when you are moving away from federated authentication services (AD FS, Okta…) to cloud authentication. This means you need to be able to test and validate the process. Until

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Azure AD Connect – You can now synchronize your password policy and force the password change at next logon (preview)

As you know, you have been able to synchronize your user’s passwords with Azure AD Connect for quite some time now thanks to the password hash synchronization feature. However, there has been a small gap there: you were not able to get the “User must change password at next logon” attribute value synchronized to request

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Azure AD – A new major version of Azure AD Connect has been released

UPDATE Oct 8th, 2019 it has been reported that some issues with Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) and Hybrid Azure AD join have been reported. Microsoft has recommended to post-pone upgrading to the 1.4.18.0 version until root cause has been identified and solved. Regarding the SSPR, a new version has been already released for auto-upgrade only

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Azure AD Connect – Potential vulnerability in version 1.3.20.0

A vulnerability in Azure Active Directory Connect (Azure AD Connect), the directory synchronization tool for Office 365/Azure AD, version 1.3.20.0 (the latest one released last late April) has been found. This vulnerability may lead to an elevation of privileges, under specific conditions, allowing an attacker to execute 2 PowerShell cmdlets in the context of a

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Azure / Office 365 – The new Azure AD Connect is here

As announced about a month ago (see https://t.co/OSCGCkdwMl), the new Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect), the directory synchronization tool, is finally here. You can get it from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=615771 The complete list of new feature and bug fixes as below: New features and improvements Add support for Domain Refresh Exchange Mail Public Folders feature goes

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Azure AD Connect – A new version is coming

A new version (1.3.90.0) of the directory synchronization (Azure AD Connect) tool for Office 365 / Azure AD is going to be release soon (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=615771) This new version of Azure AD Connect is not only resolving few issues (SQL reconnect logic for ADSync service, issue where installation of Azure AD PowerShell on a server could

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Azure AD Connect – A new version of the directory synchronization tool is available

A new version (1.2.65.0) of Azure AD Connect has been released. You can get it from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=615771 You need to know that this version is going to overwrite your setting for autoupgrade if you have it set to not automatically update. Before Update After Update If you want to keep the autoupgrade disabled you will

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Azure – New version of Azure AD Connect available for autoupgrade

If you have configured your Azure AD Connect (the directory synchronization tool for Azure AD and Office 365), a new version (1.1.880.0) has been made available. This version solves the issue with Azure AD Connect Health agent running 100% CPU – which was (incorrectly?) reported to be related to the Framework update. Also part of

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