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AADCloudSyncTools PowerShell module for Azure AD Connect cloud sync

The AADCloudSyncTools module provides a set of useful tools that can help you manage your deployments of Azure Active Directory Connect (Azure AD Connect) cloud sync.

Prerequisites

You can automatically install all the prerequisites for the AADCloudSyncTools module by using Install-AADCloudSyncToolsPrerequisites. You'll do that in the next section of this article.

Here are some details about what you need:

• The AADCloudSyncTools module uses Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) authentication, so it requires installation of the MSAL.PS module. To verify the installation, in a PowerShell window, run Get-module MSAL.PS -ListAvailable. If the module is installed correctly, you'll get a response. If necessary, you can use Install-AADCloudSyncToolsPrerequisites to install the latest version of MSAL.PS.

• Although the Azure AD PowerShell module is not required for any functionality of the AADCloudSyncTools module, it is useful. So it's automatically installed when you use Install-AADCloudSyncToolsPrerequisites.

• Installing modules from the PowerShell Gallery requires Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 enforcement. The cmdlet Install-AADCloudSyncToolsPrerequisites sets TLS 1.2 enforcement before installing all the prerequisites. To ensure that you can manually install modules, set the following in the PowerShell session before using the cmdlet:

  [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 
  

Install the AADCloudSyncTools PowerShell module

1. Open Windows PowerShell with administrative privileges.

2. Run Import-module -Name "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure AD Connect Provisioning Agent\Utility\AADCloudSyncTools".

3. To verify that the module was imported, run Get-module AADCloudSyncTools.

   You should now see information about the module.

4. To install the AADCloudSyncTools module prerequisites, run Install-AADCloudSyncToolsPrerequisites.

5. On the first run, the PowerShellGet module will be installed if it's not present. To load the new PowerShellGet module, close the PowerShell window and open a new PowerShell session with administrative privileges.

6. Import the module again by running Import-module -Name "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure AD Connect Provisioning Agent\Utility\AADCloudSyncTools".

7. Run Install-AADCloudSyncToolsPrerequisites again to install the MSAL and Azure AD modules.

   All prerequisites should now be installed.

   

8. Every time you want to use the AADCloudSyncTools module in a new PowerShell session, run the following command:

   Import-module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure AD Connect Provisioning Agent\Utility\AADCloudSyncTools"
   

AADCloudSyncTools cmdlets

Connect-AADCloudSyncTools

This cmdlet uses the MSAL.PS module to request a token for the Azure AD administrator to access Microsoft Graph.

Export-AADCloudSyncToolsLogs

This cmdlet exports and packages all the troubleshooting data in a compressed file, as follows:

1. Sets verbose tracing and starts collecting data from the provisioning agent (same as Start-AADCloudSyncToolsVerboseLogs). You can find these trace logs in the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Azure AD Connect Provisioning Agent\Trace.
2. Stops data collection after three minutes and disables verbose tracing (same as Stop-AADCloudSyncToolsVerboseLogs). You can specify a different duration by using -TracingDurationMins or completely skip verbose tracing by using -SkipVerboseTrace.
3. Collects Event Viewer logs for the last 24 hours.
4. Compresses all the agent logs, verbose logs, and Event Viewer logs into a .zip file in the user's Documents folder. You can specify a different output folder by using -OutputPath <folder path>.

Get-AADCloudSyncToolsInfo

This cmdlet shows Azure AD tenant details and the state of internal variables.

Get-AADCloudSyncToolsJob

This cmdlet uses Microsoft Graph to get Azure AD service principals and returns the sync job's information. You can also call it by using the specific sync job ID as a parameter.

Get-AADCloudSyncToolsJobSchedule

This cmdlet uses Microsoft Graph to get Azure AD service principals and returns the sync job's schedule. You can also call it by using the specific sync job ID as a parameter.

Get-AADCloudSyncToolsJobSchema

This cmdlet uses Microsoft Graph to get Azure AD service principals and returns the sync job's schema.

Get-AADCloudSyncToolsJobScope

This cmdlet uses Microsoft Graph to get the sync job's schema for the provided sync job ID and outputs all filter groups' scopes.

Get-AADCloudSyncToolsJobSettings

This cmdlet uses Microsoft Graph to get Azure AD service principals and returns the sync job's settings. You can also call it by using the specific sync job ID as a parameter.

Get-AADCloudSyncToolsJobStatus

This cmdlet uses Microsoft Graph to get Azure AD service principals and returns the sync job's status. You can also call it by using the specific sync job ID as a parameter.

Get-AADCloudSyncToolsServicePrincipal

This cmdlet uses Microsoft Graph to get the service principals for Azure AD and/or Azure Service Fabric. Without parameters, it will return only Azure AD service principals.

Install-AADCloudSyncToolsPrerequisites

This cmdlet checks for the presence of PowerShellGet v2.2.4.1 or later, the Azure AD module, and the MSAL.PS module. It installs these items if they're missing.

Invoke-AADCloudSyncToolsGraphQuery

This cmdlet invokes a web request for the URI, method, and body specified as parameters.

Repair-AADCloudSyncToolsAccount

This cmdlet uses Azure AD PowerShell to delete the current account (if present). It then resets the sync account authentication with a new sync account in Azure AD.

Restart-AADCloudSyncToolsJob

This cmdlet restarts a full synchronization.

Resume-AADCloudSyncToolsJob

This cmdlet continues synchronization from the previous watermark.

Start-AADCloudSyncToolsVerboseLogs

This cmdlet modifies AADConnectProvisioningAgent.exe.config to enable verbose tracing and restarts the AADConnectProvisioningAgent service. You can use -SkipServiceRestart to prevent service restart, but any configuration changes will not take effect. You can find these trace logs in the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Azure AD Connect Provisioning Agent\Trace.

Stop-AADCloudSyncToolsVerboseLogs

This cmdlet modifies AADConnectProvisioningAgent.exe.config to disable verbose tracing and restarts the AADConnectProvisioningAgent service. You can use -SkipServiceRestart to prevent service restart, but any configuration changes will not take effect.

Suspend-AADCloudSyncToolsJob

This cmdlet pauses synchronization.

Next steps

• What is provisioning?
• What is Azure AD Connect cloud sync?