{"id":41925,"date":"2020-04-01T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=41925"},"modified":"2020-03-31T14:32:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:32:12","slug":"migrate-azure-ad-connect-to-a-new-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/migrate-azure-ad-connect-to-a-new-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrate Azure AD Connect to a new server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41935 size-full\" title=\"migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-01.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To synchronize <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-active-directory-objects-recovery\/\">Active Directory<\/a> accounts with Office 365 environment, the sync tool used to achieve this scope is <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/office-365-update-ad-fs-ssl-certificate-azure-ad-connect\/\">Azure AD Connect<\/a> (AAD Connect).<\/p>\n<p>For whatever reason (infrastructure upgrade plan for instance), you may need to <strong>replace the server<\/strong> with Azure AD Connect tool installed to a new one.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To succeed with server replacement, Azure AD Connect tool must be migrated following\u00a0the <strong>correct steps<\/strong> to avoid potential synchronization issues.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41937 size-full\" title=\"migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-02.jpg\" alt=\"migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-02\" width=\"596\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Migrate Azure AD Connect to the new server<\/h2>\n<p>The migration process is pretty quick and during the procedure changes between directories <strong>won't be synchronized<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Enable Staging Mode in the OLD server<\/h4>\n<p>From the old server run the AAD Connect tool and select <strong>Configure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41984\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-23-600x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Configure staging mode<\/strong> and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41986\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-24-600x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>This article has been written for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StarWind blog<\/a>\u00a0and can be found in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/migrate-azure-ad-connect-to-a-new-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this page<\/a>. It covers the full procedure to <strong>Migrate Azure AD Connect to a new server<\/strong> successfully with a little offline.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Check synchronization<\/h2>\n<p>Login to your <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.office365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office 365 portal<\/a>, and check the synchronization status.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42018\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/migrate-azure-ad-connect-new-server-40-600x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The new <strong>server is now fully operative<\/strong> and the old server can be safely removed from the domain and dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/migrate-azure-ad-connect-to-a-new-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full article<\/a>\u00a0on StarWind blog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To synchronize Active Directory accounts with Office 365 environment, the sync tool used to achieve this scope is Azure AD Connect (AAD Connect). 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