Update to the AAD Connect Network and Name Resolution Test Tool

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A few months ago, I debuted a new tool for AAD Connect deployment (read about it here: AAD Connect Network and Name Resolution Test or download it here: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Azure-AD-Connect-Network-150c20a3) which allows you to test a number of conditions to make sure your server and environment are suitable for deploying AAD Connect.

This week, I needed to help a customer go through the steps of switching from AD FS to Seamless Sign On, and realized I didn’t have any network testing framework in place for that.

I’ve added a few URL checks to the tool.  It attempts to query resources at a few endpoints:

proxy.cloudwebappproxy.net
autologon.microsoftazuread-sso.com
0.register.msappproxy.net

Fun fact: the value that AAD Connect tests is actually {0}.register.msappproxy.net, which works fine with the legacy NSLookup command, but the PowerShell Resolve-DnsName balks.  Fortunately, 0.register.msappproxy.net also resolves to the same address.

At any rate, you can go get the updated version at https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Azure-AD-Connect-Network-150c20a3.  I didn’t add any new params to it, so Seamless SSO checks will be performed with the other online connectivity checks.

One Reply to “Update to the AAD Connect Network and Name Resolution Test Tool”

  1. Thank you, thank you ! Just stumbled across your script, perfect time for a multi forest deployment I will be working on soon.

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