Implementing Azure ADConnect in a live environment
I have been tasked with implementing Azure ADConnect for my company. We currently have 2 locally virtualized domain controllers and are already utilizing Office365 for mail. What would be the easiest way to implement ADConnect while having the least amount of downtime/user interruptions.Microsoft Entra Hybrid Join Issue Despite Setting Up All Essentials
I’m facing an issue where my client computer is unable to join Hybrid Azure AD, even though I’ve already set up all the essential steps, I downloaded that Microsoft Entra Connect Sync tool from the official site and did all the necessary steps. including configuring the SCP (Service Connection Point). Our main server is in New York, and our branch office is in Asia region, I want to have Microsoft Entra Hybrid Joined to all of my office PC in order to apply some conditional access policies. Despite these setups, the device fails at the discovery phase, and I can’t figure out what’s missing. This is what it says when I try to manually add the client PC TenantInfo::Discover: Failed reading registration data from AD. Defaulting to autojoin disabled 0x800706ba DsrCmdJoinHelper::Join: TenantInfo::Discover failed with error code 0x801c001d. Has anyone encountered a similar issue? Any guidance or troubleshooting tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
API-driven provisioning field mapping changes resynchronize all users and groups
We have configured API-driven provisioning for on-premises Active Directory, along with Azure AD Connect, to synchronize on-premises AD users with Azure Entra ID. As part of the provisioning setup, we have used a separate Organizational Unit (OU) in on-premises AD (designated as the default OU for new users) while configuring API-driven provisioning. We are attempting to make some changes to the API field mapping, specifically the ‘UserPrincipalName’ regular expression (custom domain) and the ‘manager’ field, and saving the configuration. Upon attempting to save, a prompt appears (as highlighted below screenshot), indicating that this action will resynchronize all users and groups. Could you please clarify: Will this resynchronization update any existing users outside the default provisioning Organizational Unit (OU)? Specifically, what does the resynchronization operation update? For instance, will it modify the 'UserPrincipalName' and 'manager' attributes for all users including old users outside of provisioning Organizational Unit (OU)? Screen Shot - While Saving Mapping.
Enable MFA method
Dear, Currently in our company, the authentication methods policy > Microsoft Authenticator defaults to “any”. Either “passwordless” or “Push”. It is possible to enable the following authentication method through a conditional access policy, currently it is enabled for some users. Desired authentication method: The current method is as follows: Can it be enabled for professional accounts or is it only focused on personal accounts? Thanks in advance.Entra Hybrid Join - Problems with Server 2016 and userCertifiate
Dear Community, I am having some troubles with the hybrid join of a group of servers (Windows Server 2016). The basic problem is that Windows is not creating the required self signed certificate and therefore the AD attribute “userCertificate” is empty. As we now, while it is empty, the objects are not getting synced to EntraID. (A Mobile Attempt: Azure AD Hybrid Join and the UserCertificate Attribute) And I don’t find out, why this certificate is not created. As mentioned, it affects only some Server 2016, which are our RDS Terminal Server. All other Windows Server and Clients are successful synced and have a userCertificate (including other Server 2016). All our servers are VM, based on VMWare. Some more words about these RDS Server: They are cloned from a VMWare template The deployment process is as follows: o On a Master VM we install all updates / software It is domain joined and has a userCertificate o Master VM gets converted into a VMWare template o New RDS TS are created from this template With a configuration to reset SID and automatic domain join The have no userCertificate Test lab for troubleshooting I created some new VMs to test and verify the behavior. Here is what I did: Installed a new Windows Server 2016 VM from DVD Installed all latest updates Converted it into a VMWare Template -> Srv2016_Template This should be my new template for Server 2016 Created new VM from this template: Srv2016RDSMaster Used a configuration to generate new SID and automatic domain join This should simulate my Master template for new Terminal Server --> It has a “userCertificate” in its AD Object Converted it into a VMWare Template Created new VM from this template: Srv2016RDS01 Used a configuration to generate new SID and automatic domain join --> It hasno “userCertificate” in its AD Object Troubleshooting steps Networking No proxy, direct Internet No DENY on our firewall -> Internet available Verified that these URLs are accessible https://enterpriseregistration.windows.net https://login.microsoftonline.com https://device.login.microsoftonline.com https://autologon.microsoftazuread-sso.com Active Directory and Infrastructure Service Connection Point (SCP) is set in the forest and has the tenant name and ID (otherwise no computer would be synced) GPOs are not linked to the OU in which the computers are Local troubleshooting on the VM Scheduled Task for “Workplace Join” is enabled and runs dsregcmd /status EventLog – “Application and Service protocols” -> “Microsoft” -> “Windows” -> “user Device Registration” Two errors, each time the Workplace Join task starts: Sysprep Also tried on the VM a sysprep, rebooted, manually joined it to AD --> Still no userCertificate Tried the same again and deleted also the AD object --> Still no userCertificate Activated TLS 1.2 Enable TLS 1.2 on servers - Configuration Manager | Microsoft Learn -> no affect Articles I read and verified Plan your Microsoft Entra hybrid join deployment - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn Configure Hybrid Azure AD Join - Everything you need to know A Mobile Attempt: Azure AD Hybrid Join and the UserCertificate Attribute Troubleshoot Microsoft Entra hybrid joined devices - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn My conclusion I guess it has something to do with Server 2019. Why I am saying this: I have tested the same setup with an old, existing Server 2019 template (created “Master VM” -> converted into template -> created VM from this template) --> all VMs have userCertificates in their AD object So I would be glad if someone has ideas about it. Thanks, Chris
Group writeback doesn't sync back to Entra
Hi all Can't find documentation on this if this should actually work or not. I enabled group writeback, which works fine. Now if I add a user to one of those groups in local Active Directory and sync the user to Entra, the user isn't a member of the group here. Might be just normal behavior, but would be nice if it did sync.General Question About Federation
Hello, We have a federated domain and to my knowledge this means that all authentication for this domain will be send to ADFS and will not be directly handled in Azure Entra ID. Is the following statement correct: When I register an APP in Entra ID the authentication will still be handed off to ADFS. (when my user types in email address removed for privacy reasons. I will first go to microsoft that will then hand it off to ADFS. Will there by any additional config required on the ADFS server for the registered application? If i would like to bypass this federated authentication the only way to do this is change it to a managed domain removing the federation or do a staged rollout as described below Microsoft Entra Connect: Cloud authentication via Staged Rollout - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft LearnDouble entries in userCertificate avoids Hybrid Join
Hey guys, I have an interesting situation at a customer. He utilizes a third party MFA provider while being on a federation. That means new computers never will have a registered state. For users it is mandatory that theirs clients have fulfilled the Hybrid Join to use M365 apps, what can be a real pain. So the Automatic-Device-Join task has to create the userCertificate on the OnPremises computer object, before it can be synchronized to Entra. Here comes the issue. In some cases we see that some computers will create two userCertificate entries. This situation will lead to an inconstistent Hybrid Join. I already tried to remove one of the certificates, but for me it is impossible to recognize which is the right one. Only solution for me was to remove both entries under userCertificate and let the Automatic-Device-Join task create a new one. Afterwards the Hybrid Join will work. I want to understand, which process or scenario might create the double userCertificate entries?JoinNotFound
I have seen a post on here with the same error but it didn't seem to help me so rather than hijack the thread I'd ask again. More specifically, I don't understand which attribute it's trying to match on and how to set/check that. I get this when doing a provision on demand. "No action required. User '....' is not a newly discovered entry to be provisioned in the target application, nor one with an update that should flow to a target entry with which it was previously matched." Skipreason: JoinNotFound. I'll go through the documents again on Microsoft Learn in case I've missed something but if anyone has any pointers I'd be most grateful. TIA Andrew
