
After which, you can install a new Azure AD Connect server and point it to the restored ADSync database. You can restore the ADSync database to a new SQL server first.
However, you have a recent back up of the database. Your SQL server containing the ADSync database is no longer functioning.
You have an existing Azure AD Connect deployment. You can install a new Azure AD Connect server and point it to the existing ADSync database. Your existing Azure AD Connect server is no longer working but the SQL server containing the ADSync database is still functioning. These benefits are useful in the following scenarios: Scenarios where using an existing ADSync database is beneficial The newly installed Azure AD Connect server can continue to synchronize from where the previous Azure AD Connect server left off, instead of having the need to perform a full sync. All the identity data (associated with connector spaces and metaverse) and synchronization cookies stored in the ADSync database are also recovered. Credentials used by Azure AD Connect to synchronize changes with on-premises AD and Azure AD are encrypted and can only be accessed by the previous Azure AD Connect server. Except for credentials information, synchronization configuration stored in the ADSync database (including custom synchronization rules, connectors, filtering, and optional features configuration) is automatically recovered and used during installation. Benefits of using an existing ADSync databaseīy pointing to an existing ADSync database: With Azure AD Connect version 1.1.613.0 (or after), you have the option to install Azure AD Connect by pointing it to an existing ADSync database. Previously, when you installed Azure AD Connect, a new database named ADSync was always created. #CONNECT TO RAZORSQL DB FULL VERSION#
You can either use the default SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB installed with Azure AD Connect or use your own full version of SQL. Azure AD Connect requires a SQL Server database to store data.