Is Azure AD Connect still supported for Windows Server 2012 R2?

Wayde 5

Is there a version of Azure AD Connect that is currently supported and compatible with Windows Server 2012 R2?

Currently, version 1.6.16.0 is installed and fails to update to version 2.x and the service fails to start.

Microsoft states "Therefore, we retire older versions of Azure AD Connect on 29 February 2024. On that date versions published before 5 May 2018 (version 1.1.751.0 and older) will be retired. " here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/please-upgrade-your-azure-ad-connect-sync-to-a-newer-version-by-29-february-2024/

So 1.6.16.0 should be supported past 2024. However, Microsoft also says "Any versions older than Azure AD Connect 2.x are currently deprecated." meaning 1.6.16.0 is already out of date. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-upgrade-previous-version

So is there a version of Azure AD Connect 1.x that is still supported? Is there a version that still works on 2012 R2?

JamesTran-MSFT 36,636 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-05-03T17:49:18.5833333+00:00

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2023-05-16T08:13:44.7333333+00:00

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Michael Durkan 12,211 Reputation points MVP

2023-05-02T13:34:53.6433333+00:00
Hi

no, see article below - Windows Server 2016 is the earliest version supported, and as this is in extended support it recommended to use Domain-Joined Windows Server 2022:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-install-prerequisites#installation-prerequisites

Hope this helps,

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JamesTran-MSFT 36,636 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-05-04T17:12:50.54+00:00

@Wayde

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Malik Jackson 0 Reputation points

2024-02-26T20:06:30.25+00:00

I just recently had my on-premise AD stop syncing with our Office 365. We are still running AD on Windows Server 2012 R2, and will be upgrading the operating systems in the next few weeks. Is there anyway to get our AD's to sync until we get the server operating system upgrades completed. This greatly needed for when adding new employees. If not, is there a way to manually sync a new employee using Powershell?
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