Entra Connect Upgrade Issue v. 2.6.92.0

[TheRobins]

Maybe just a heads up, One of my tasks this week was a reminder to update our 3 instances of Entra Connect from version 2.6.1.0 to the latest 2.6.92.0

 

Each of them failed in the same way. 2 of the servers are server 2019 and 1 is 2022.

 

Go to apply the update, gets right to the end and then fails with no reason in the log log by MS,

 

Only way to get it to work again, is do a manual backup of your config, complete un-install using the latest installer as the un-install tool.

Restart

Complete fresh re-install

Complete the setup whilst point it to your last config file you back up.

Some MFA and setup of an AD account using your domain and 365 admin accounts.

Restart again

Force a sync and all seems to work again. Strange it happened with 3 different tennacies, worth watching out for. Feeding logs into co-pilot suggests its related to a timeout with App Registration which then leaves the upgrade in a state that it cannot finish or undo.....

 

Only one or two drips from the forehead during this merry-go-round. 

[NetworkDirector]

Easy way we fixed all the Entra Connect issues, move to Intune, autopilot is way better than any on-prem approach anyway. I know loads of organizations don't want to move to Intune but it's got much better over the years, and can pretty much replicate an AD network very easily with all the same GPOs. I think the only reason some hesitate is because of on-prem apps not integrated with OAuth via Entra, so they rely on AD LDAP instead, but those apps should be decommissioned if they aren't up to date.

[TheRobins]

Looked into it but not quiet ready for full cloud yet. Devices are autopilot and intune hybrid joined. Its mainly users that we still need AD for and entra connect never usually gives us any issues. I am not sure how often people update their connector, I suspect only when it stops working but I actively check every 6 months. 

 

Saying that, I still cannot get on with "intune time" and have moved all apart from a few apps from Intune management over to Action1 and feel alot better for it. 

[3s-gtech]

Have had to do that in the past - didn’t have the config backed up! Always do so now.

[Squelch]

I'll be upgrading today, the target server is a vm so I'll have a checkpoint running before I start. Thanks for the heads up.

[KK20]

I enabled automatic update once upon a time in the past.  Not had any issues so far.  (I have just checked properties of AzureADConnect.exe and yes, 2.6.92.0 so it is updating)