Tag Archives: Azure AD Connect

Deprecation of older AAD Connect versions

With about six weeks to go until Microsoft starts to deprecate versions of Azure AD Connect released more than 18 months ago, it’s a good time to check which version you’re running. The version release history site for AAD Connect is displaying the statement below. It’s not immediately clear what the word “deprecation” actually implies… Read More: Deprecation of older AAD Connect versions »

Unable to save new synchronisation rule in Azure AD Connect

Last week I came across an issue when attempting to create a new custom synchronisation rule in Azure AD Connect. When I tried to finish the wizard and add the rule, I received the error: “Object reference not set to an instance of an object”. The workaround is to add a tag to the rule… Read More: Unable to save new synchronisation rule in Azure AD Connect »

How to resolve ‘The RPC server is unavailable’ error when enabling Seamless Single Sign-On

I hit this problem while working with Azure AD Connect at a customer earlier this week.  The situation was that AAD Connect had already been configured with Pass-Through Authentication, which was working as expected.  The next step was to enable Seamless Single Sign-On, but this failed with the following: ‘Failed to create single sign-on secret… Read More: How to resolve ‘The RPC server is unavailable’ error when… »