To use modern authentication in Active Roles command-let execution, use the Exchange Online (EXO) PowerShell V2 module. Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module allows you to connect Exchange Online PowerShell with Modern AuthenticationThe EXO V2 commad-lets are REST API-based command-lets that are much faster and reliable.
Installing EXO V2 PowerShell module
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Start Windows PowerShell with administrator privileges.
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Install PowerShellGet Module. To install the ExchangeOnlineManagement module, you need PowerShellGet 2.0 or later version.
Install-Module PowerShellGet -Force
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After installing PowerShellGet module, close the console and reopen it with administrator privilege.
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Run the following command-let to install Exchange Online PowerShell V2 Module:
Install-Module –Name ExchangeOnlineManagement
By default, the module is installed in C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules.
The module can also be installed in a custom location and add module path to value of the PSModulePath environment variable value. For more information, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/developer/module/modifying-the-psmodulepath-installation-path.
For example:
Find-Module -Name 'ExchangeOnlineManagement' -Repository 'PSGallery' | Save-Module -Path <custompath>
$envarname = "PSModulePath"
$envar = (get-item env:$envarname).Value
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($envarname, $envar + ";<customPath>", "Machine")
Even if Modern Authentication has been previously disabled in Active Roles Synchronization Service 7.4.3 by setting ModernAuthentication to false in the Office365ConnectorConfig.xml configuration file, upgrading to the latest version of Active Roles Synchronization Service will result in Modern Authentication being enabled by default.
Before enabling or disabling Modern Authentication in Active Roles Synchronization Service, enable Modern Authentication for the Azure tenant on the Exchange Online Management module. For more information on connecting to the EXO PowerShell module, see Enable or disable modern authentication for Outlook in Exchange Online and Disable Basic authentication in Exchange Online in the Microsoft Documentation.
Even if Modern Authentication has been previously disabled in Active Roles Synchronization Service 7.4.3 by setting ModernAuthentication to false in the Office365ConnectorConfig.xml configuration file, upgrading to the latest version of Active Roles Synchronization Service will result in Modern Authentication being enabled by default.
NOTE: Exchange Online Management module version 2.0.4 enforces Modern Authentication, causing the O365 connector connections to fail, if Modern Authentication is not enabled for the Azure tenant. Perform one of the following actions to prevent the issue:
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In the Office365ConnectorConfig.xml configuration file, disable Modern Authentication and add /organizations. Example:
<Tenants>
<Tenant Name="mytenant.OnMicrosoft.com" ModernAuthentication="false"/>
/organizations
</Tenants>
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Roll back to Exchange Online Management module version 2.0.3.
To enable or disable Modern Authentication in the Office 365 Connector configuration file
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Navigate to the folder where Active Roles Synchronization Service is installed.
- Locate the Office365ConnectorConfig.xml configuration file.
- To enable or disable Modern Authentication, set the value in the ModernAuthentication tag.
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To enable Modern Authentication, set the value to true.
<Tenant Name="mytenant.OnMicrosoft.com" ModernAuthentication="true"/>
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To disable Modern Authentication, set the value to false.
<Tenant Name="mytenant.OnMicrosoft.com" ModernAuthentication="false"/>
Example of enabling Modern Authentication
<ModernAuthenticationConfig>
<Tenants>
<!-- Example : <Tenant Name="mytenant.OnMicrosoft.com" ModernAuthentication="true"/>-->
</Tenants>
</ModernAuthenticationConfig>
NOTE: For multiple tenants, use mytenant1.OnMicrosoft.com, mytenant2.OnMicrosoft.com, and so on. For multiple tenants, each tenant should have a separate tenant child node under the Tenants node.
<ModernAuthenticationConfig>
<Tenants>
<Tenant Name="mytenant1.OnMicrosoft.com" ModernAuthentication="true"/>
<Tenant Name="mytenant2.OnMicrosoft.com" ModernAuthentication="true"/>
.
.
</Tenants>
</ModernAuthenticationConfig>
Example of disabling Modern Authentication
<ModernAuthenticationConfig>
<Tenants>
<!-- Example : <Tenant Name="mytenant.OnMicrosoft.com" ModernAuthentication="false"/>-->
</Tenants>
</ModernAuthenticationConfig>
To create a connection to Microsoft Azure Active Directory, you need to use Synchronization Service in conjunction with a special connector called Microsoft Azure AD Connector. This connector is included in the Synchronization Service package.
The Microsoft Azure AD Connector supports the following features:
Table 112: Supported features
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Bidirectional synchronization
Allows you to read and write data in the connected data system. |
Yes |
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Delta processing mode
Allows you to process only the data that has changed in the connected data system since the last synchronization operation, thereby reducing the overall synchronization operation time. |
No |
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Password synchronization
Allows you to synchronize user passwords from an Active Directory domain to the connected data system. |
Yes |
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) data encryption
Uses SSL to encrypt data that is transmitted between Synchronization Service and connected data system. |
Yes |
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