Unable to export AAD Connect config due to pending upgrade

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Unable to export AAD Connect config due to pending upgrade

Gordon Howes 46

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We run 1.6.16.0 version of AAD Connect on Windows Server 2012. Naturally I know v1 is being depreciated this year. We have a new 2019 server ready to go which we will be installing the latest v2 on.

In preparation for the upgrade, I though I'd look at and export the existing settings, however when I open AAD Connect I'm prompted with the following:

"Upgrade Azure Active Directory Connect" - An older version of Azure AD Connect is installed and will be upgraded using your existing synchronization and privacy settings"

My question is - What version is it going to upgrade to? I was under the impression that 1.6.16.0 was the latest of the V1 versions and I'm assuming it wont upgrade to v2 as the server is 2012 R2. Just unsure of hitting the upgrade button at this stage as not sure what its going to do!

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Andy David - MVP 159.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Well, if you are intending to migrate to V2 and to a supported config, I wouldnt do that. Esp if you have one server. It could be that nothing is affected and nothing actually happens and the upgrade just fails, but with one server and since you are migrating anyway I would not bother :)
Just my opinion...

Gordon Howes 46 Reputation points

2022-05-26T08:30:41.17+00:00

Yes that is the plan. I only wanted to get this one working first in order to export the config so it could be imported into the new 2019 v2 AAD Connect server, is there another way of exporting that you know of?
Gordon Howes 46 Reputation points

2022-06-08T08:40:56.607+00:00

Went ahead with migrating the config to the new server and all is well. Uninstalled AAD Connect from the old server and everything is in sync with the latest version of AAD Connect!

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Andy David - MVP 159.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hmm, yea can't see how that would work :)

If you disable autoupgrade with Set-ADSyncAutoUpgrade, I wonder if that message will go away.

Gordon Howes 46 Reputation points

2022-05-25T12:14:57.497+00:00

Thanks, have set it to disabled but it still comes up with the message. Perhaps I need to restart a service for it to take effect?
Andy David - MVP 159.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-05-25T12:18:42.083+00:00

yea, id restart the AAD connect Sync service on that server
Gordon Howes 46 Reputation points

2022-05-25T16:03:32.207+00:00

After disabling the auto upgrade and restarting the AAD Connect sync service its still offering the upgrade. Bit of a strange one we have never downloaded v2 to this server so I'm a bit confused as to what it thinks its going to upgrade to.

I suppose I could just upgrade and see what happens. We only have a single server.

Answer 3

Andy David - MVP 159.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Would this work? http://www.tbone.se/2020/08/27/azure-ad-connect-export-and-import/

Gordon Howes 46 Reputation points

2022-05-27T10:34:16.497+00:00

Ah yes that worked on my test thanks for the link. We are going to carry out the upgrade/migration in just over a week so will report back, but looks promising

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