Upgrade Azure AD Connect

Hi there

In this article I’m showing how to upgrade in place your Azure AD connect
You can export of profiles before running the upgrade or snapshot the virtual server
You can also have a second server ready to go at Staging mode if this one broken.

Old / current Version: 1.4.38.0
New version: 1.5.29.0

check the Azure AD connect current version
download the new version from here.
go to downloads folder and run the AzureADConnect.msi file.
The setup will ask to upgrade the current version
click upgrade to proceed and wait
Enter your office 365 global admin credentials and click next
wait for the setup to connect and load its information
on Ready to configure screen, leave the option “Start the synchronization process when configuration completes.” selected and click Upgrade
When migration is complete you’ll see the “Configuration complete” screen, click exit.
check under windows key \ Azure AD Connect for the following apps:
– Azure AD connect
– Synchronization rules editor
– Synchronization Service: run this one to make sure all settings are ok.
– Synchronization service webservice