Azure AD Connect Export and Import Configuration Settings

Azure AD Connect Export and Import Configuration Settings
I need to build three different AAD Connect servers before Microsoft discontinues support for AAD Connect versions older than 2.0 at the end of July. Someone suggested I try out the "Import Synchronization Settings" option in Azure AD Connect setup wizard. We will try that out, building a new sync server in Staged mode, and check the output with csexport and CSExportAnalyzer. Finally we put the original sync server in Staged mode and put the new one into production. As always there are a couple of twists and turns. I am recording this one live!
Make sure to check out my other Azure AD Connect videos:
Import and export Azure AD Connect configuration settings

[ShotokuTech]

#CSEXPORT to analyize the pending export changes.
pushd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure AD Sync\Bin
csexport YourADDomain c:\temp\aaco.xml /f:x
csexport "AzureDomain.onmicrosoft.com - AAD" c:\temp\aadexport.xml /f:x
CSExportAnalyzer c:\temp\aaco.xml > c:\temp\aaco-export.csv
CSExportAnalyzer c:\temp\aadexport.xml > c:\temp\aadexport.csv

[aanyah]

Another amazing video, cool tech stuff here as always!

[ОлегФедянин-тк]

Thank you very much! You helped me to migrate configuration settings!

[romakogan]

Quick question if I may: If I ran export validation commands and they show that every single user OMODT is UPDATE and AMODT is ADD - what does that mean as far as promoting this new staging server? Why would it show all records as having to be updated?

[JoshuaMartinez-tf]

Thanks for the Help! Network Admin from Kansas!

[adnantahir]

I wan to migrate AAD user to ON-perm AD
Please Guide me

[linuxlearning]

The Connector Staging part helped me.
Thanx.

[sexymeh]

Awesome video.. this guy is full of knowledge

[DEMDEM-rduk]

Can I do this with the old server having a old version of AD connect?

[marcinbogdanski]

Thanks for sharing all that knowledge.

[JudyPlus]

Such a fantastic video, thanks for sharing