Insufficient access rights Error Code 8344
Nov14

Insufficient access rights Error Code 8344

Error Code 8344 KB ID 0001636 Problem With Azure AD Replication, you may notice that you have the following error when you take a look at your connector status; Error: permission-issue Connected data source error code: 8344 Connected data  source error: Insufficient access rights to perform this operation. Solution: Error Code 8344 Firstly ensure that the user you are running AAD sync under, has the following permissions on the...

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AAD Contains Another Object With The Same DN
Jan18

AAD Contains Another Object With The Same DN

KB ID 0001638 Problem I’ve seen this a few times now, I’ve had users that will not sync from Active Directory to Azure Active Directory (Office 365). When you look to see why, you will see something like; The Connector {Your-Domain}.onmicrosoft.com – AAD contains another object with the same DN which is already connected to the MV. Note: For the uninitiated, DN is Distinguished Name, and MV is MetaVerse. If you...

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PowerShell: Bulk Add/Remove Users From Groups
Oct15

PowerShell: Bulk Add/Remove Users From Groups

KB ID 0001475 Problem I had to do this a few weeks ago, so I documented it. I had a list of usernames in a CSV file and I needed to bulk-add them to a security group. Bulk Add Group Users Solution Firstly you will need the usernames (sAMAccountNames) in .csv format like so,  (Note: As a header Im using User-Name.) I’ve saved the file to C:\Temp on my server. Execute the following commands; Import-Module ActiveDirectory ...

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PowerShell: Bulk Enable / Disable Users
Sep11

PowerShell: Bulk Enable / Disable Users

KB ID 0001469 Problem I needed to work out how to bulk disable some domain users from a .CSV file this week, so I thought I’d write it up. Disable Domain Users in Bulk from CSV Well firstly, you need to have your users in a CSV file. For the live job I just exported all the SamAccountNames to a CSV, but here for testing I just loaded a few in manually; Then execute the following two commands; Import-Module ActiveDirectory ...

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AD Sites and Services: ‘Show Services Node’ Missing?
Jul23

AD Sites and Services: ‘Show Services Node’ Missing?

KB ID 0001448 Problem While working on an old Exchange system this week I wanted to take a look at the ‘autodiscovery’ SCP in AD Sites and Services. Read any post, and you will se that you need to enable ‘Services Node View’ in AD sites and services. To do that you simply right click then go to View > Show Service Node. However, I didn’t get that option? Solution This was driving me crazy for a while,...

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