How to remove AD connect from portal after onprem AD was deleted.

Peter Vrba 1

Hi Guys,

How to remove AD connect from portal after onprem AD was deleted.
OnPrem AD was just Lab VM and it was deleted.
Now I cannot delete AD groups and AD Sync from portal.
(I was able to delete users...)

Thanks

Peter

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Eric Woodruff 266 Reputation points

2022-06-12T02:23:51.197+00:00

You will want to follow the steps in this article:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/turn-off-directory-synchronization?view=o365-worldwide

Which covers running the command

Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled -EnableDirSync $false

Which will disassociate the Azure AD tenant from your Azure AD Connect installation. Note that you don't need to have Azure AD Connect still in existence, the command is part of the MSOnline PowerShell module.

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JamesTran-MSFT 36,796 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-06-13T22:27:15.663+00:00

@Peter Vrba
I just wanted to check in and see if you had any other questions or if you were able to resolve this issue?

Peter Vrba 1 Reputation point

2022-06-16T14:04:59.667+00:00

Hi @Eric Woodruff @JamesTran-MSFT

Thanks for your help, I successfully disabled AD connect.
However I still have two "Mail enabled security" groups I cannot delete.

I was waiting with follow up question couple of days in case they will disappear after some reconciliation task..
But no.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Peter

JamesTran-MSFT 36,796 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-06-28T18:34:34.787+00:00

@Peter Vrba
Thank you for following up on this and I apologize for the delayed response!

When it comes to removing mail enabled security groups, have you tried using Remove-DistributionGroup -Identity "Temporary Staff"? For more info - Remove-DistributionGroup.

If you're running into any issues with this command or receive any error messages, please let me know.
Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue.

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