also if you can shed some light on this option "STart the synchronization process when configuration completes", does it needs to be checked as well? as I am worried this new server will start synching and become active
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Hi Team,
We are planning to migrate Azure AD connect to a different server, i was taking help from the below link, but i couldn't see the option " Export Settings" on my current AD connect server as shown in the link.
https://www.prajwaldesai.com/steps-to-upgrade-azure-ad-connect/
We are using Azure AD connect version 1.4.18 is this happening because of older version, if yes, then what is the alternate procedure that can be used?
also if you can shed some light on this option "STart the synchronization process when configuration completes", does it needs to be checked as well? as I am worried this new server will start synching and become active
Thanks a lot for your response, I followed all the steps as mentioned by you, everything went smoothly, I was able to export the settings successfully, but I got stuck here when I import the JSON file on the new server. below is the error it pops out
@TechGeek , As per the information provided by you it seems that you are looking for migrating the current AD connect to a different AD connect server and are looking for exporting the setting from this server.
Your assumption is correct . The "Export Settings" functionality was introduced in v1.5.x as far as I remember but not sure . However it was earlier in Preview and we made it generally available in v2.0.3 of Azure AD connect . The GUI experience for this requires to export the setting using Export Settings option and import the JSON setting file during installation as explained in the linked article.
In your case you can do an in-place upgrade of AD connect tool as well however , I can understand that sometimes due to organizational policies you may have requirements where you wont want to interfere with a working server . Also since you wont get the GUI option in this case to export the configuration you can try to export using the migration script . As far as I remember you must have the migration script in this version which you have installed on existing server located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect\Tools
but if you don't find it there on existing server, I would suggest you to follow the following instructions :-
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect\Tools
from where you can find the MigrateSettings.ps1 script . I would request you to review the post installation verification details as per the linked article as well . Once this is done, the issue should be complete . I have linked some article which have detailed explanation of the procedure. I would highly encourage you to go through them before starting the migration along with this answer. If the information provided is helpful , do click the accept answer button which can help other community members searching for similar queries. If you still have any query , please do ping in comments and we will help you further on this.
Thank you .