AD Connect: A local error has occured

Question

When configuring Azure AD Connect for the first time I receive the error:

ActiveDirectoryOperationException
A local error has occured.

This happens after the Azure AD sign-in configuration where I have to verify "Continue without matching all UPN suffixes to verified domains". Below is the error from the trace log, any idea what I can try to get past this error in the AD Connect configuration?

[11:08:09.844] [ 1] [ERROR] A terminating unhandled exception occurred.
Exception Data (Raw): System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectoryOperationException: A local error has occurred.
---> System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException: A local error has occurred.

at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_AdsObject()
at System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection.PopulateList()
at System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection..ctor(DirectoryEntry entry, String propertyName)
at System.DirectoryServices.PropertyCollection.get_Item(String propertyName)
at System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.PropertyManager.GetPropertyValue(DirectoryContext context, DirectoryEntry directoryEntry, String propertyName)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.PropertyManager.GetPropertyValue(DirectoryContext context, DirectoryEntry directoryEntry, String propertyName)
at System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectorySchema.GetSchema(DirectoryContext context)
at Microsoft.Online.Deployment.Framework.Providers.ActiveDirectoryProvider.IsAttributePresent(String targetUsername, String username, SecureString password, String attributeName)
at Microsoft.Online.Deployment.OneADWizard.UI.WizardPages.PerformConfigurationPageViewModel.<>c__DisplayClass131_0.<GenerateActions>b__1()
at Microsoft.Online.Deployment.OneADWizard.App.SafeInvokeAction(Action action)
[11:08:09.858] [ 1] [INFO ] Page transition from "Configure" [PerformConfigurationPageViewModel] to "Error" [ErrorPageViewModel]
[11:08:13.852] [ 1] [INFO ] Opened log file at path C:\ProgramData\AADConnect\trace-20210505-110700.log

Thank You,
Ryan

Answer 1

Hi @James Hamil , we got AD Connect working.

I was logging into the server and running the installer with a Domain Admin account and only using the Enterprise Admin account when prompted for credentials during the AD Connect configuration. I think the resolution was using an account that has Enterprise Admin permissions on our local domain when logging into the AD Connect server and running the installer.