Determining which Entra ID Connect or Azure AD Connect that is currently active and synching to Azure?

Question

I have multiple Entra ID Connect or Azure AD Connect already deployed on each of my OnPremise Data Centers.

Since there are multiple servers in my AD Forest, how can I determine which Entra ID Connect or Azure AD Connect that is currently active and synching to Azure?

Answer 1

1. Sign in to the Azure Portal.
2. Navigate to Microsoft Entra ID > Microsoft Entra Connect.
3. In the Health and Analytics section, select Microsoft Entra Connect Health and check the sync status. This should include the name of the server which is actively syncing and its last sync time.
4. If you are using Passthrough Authentication, its page should also include the name of the server in the Authentication Agent column.

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Marcin

Answer 2

@EnterpriseArchitect Researched on above requirement, its not possible to retrieve Entra id connect configuration for the tenant via PowerShell, currently only available via GUI.

You can share the feedback here - https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/search/?q=entra+connect+health+powershell which is closely monitored by our team.

Answer 3

If you have a list of servers which have the Entra Connect installed, you can run a PowerShell script across all of them to query their individual status (e.g. via Get-ADSyncConnectorRunStatus) - but that's not fully equivalent to the solution that involves the use of the Azure portal (which doesn't require knowing the list of all Entra Connect servers)

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Marcin

Answer 4

Hello EnterpriseArchitect,

Thanks for your question.

Check Azure Portal:

• Log in to the Azure Portal
• Go to Entra ID and navigate to "Entra Connect"
• Look for the "Last sync" timestamp and the server name

You can use any of the below commands on the servers

Get-MsolCompanyInformation | Select-Object LastDirSyncTime, LastPasswordSyncTime

or

Get-ADSyncScheduler // U cab use this to get the next sync time. 

Only one Entra ID Connect instance should be actively syncing at a time, If multiple servers are syncing, it could lead to conflicts and should be addressed immediately

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Regards,

Abiola