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Active Directory Replication Status Tool - License Expiring
I need to use the Active Directory Replication Status Tool. I always have to uninstall and install when I need to use it that bothers me.
The message tells version to download a new version, but t...
Same problem again so I'm guessing it's just expired after 12 months
Yes this is getting old! MS please remove expiring date from this tool. May 25 2023
There's a new unofficial open source version written by an MS engineer. It's called "https://github.com/ryanries/ADReplStatusl" and is available from GitHub. There are a couple of things I don't like about it, like the clunky button size and the fact it doesn't persist the window state when it's reopened. But it's early days yet and there have been ongoing improvements.
For discovering the replication status and displaying it in a graphical way, plus a couple of built-in diagnostics, it's worked perfectly for me so far (including getting a good workout with multiple domain migrations and new DCs added in remote sites with incomplete firewall configs).