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My on-premise domain controller used for setting up Azure AD Connect is now offline and no longer available. How do I reconfigure the existing setup or do I just setup a new instance of Azure AD Connect.
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Hello @Noordeen Uthman , Thank you for reaching out to us.
You may migrate the current settings of Azure AD connect to the new azure Ad connect, you may refer the following article:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-import-export-config#migrate-settings-from-an-existing-server.
Please upvote the answer if it help you or feel free to reply back if you have any questions around it.
@Anshika Choubey - Thanks for the response, much appreciated.
The article assumes (is based on the premise) that I still have access to the current Azure AD Connect settings, what if I don't have access to those settings?
Can I just go ahead and install a new instance of Azure AD Connect on a new on-prem server?
@Anshika Choubey - Thanks for the response, much appreciated.
The article assumes (is based on the premise) that I still have access to the current Azure AD Connect settings, what if I don't have access to those settings?
Can I just go ahead and install a new instance of Azure AD Connect on a new on-prem server?
You may install the new instance but that will not have same configuration as old as it will be considered as new setup and i request you to have a look on topologies as well so that you may install the supported configuration according to the environment:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/plan-connect-topologies
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You may go ahead with the new instance if you do not have access to the previous configuration.
But make sure to uninstall or Stop the sync from old Azure AD connect as you may face issue if 2 different Azure Ad connect will sync to same tenant.
hence requesting you to have a look into supported topologies mentioned in the article:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/plan-connect-topologies
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