Directory Sync server redundancy.

How is redundancy for the Directory Sync server accomplished?
We have a load balanced pair of ADFS servers, a load balanced pair of ADFS proxies at our primary datacenter. We have additionally deployed an individual ADFS server and proxy at an alternate datacenter. The ADFS servers are configured as a farm. So if we
need to fail over to the secondary datacenter, we just need to change DNS entries for our federation services. All this is in place and tested.
How do we accomplish something silimar for Directory Sync?

Implementing FIM is another investment in terms of licensing, I would rather go with DirSync ;)
I have heard that Microsoft is planning to get rid of DirSync in future. I think I will be good with Standalone servers for a while.
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The Windows Azure Active Directory Sync tool must be installed on a domain joined computer running Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 or later,or Windows Server 2008 r2 Service Pack 1 or later
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Regards
Anil Kumar

Hi,
have you already installed .net framwork 3.5 and 4.5.1 on that machine?
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Source: Directory Synchronization
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www.clarkfreightways.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dirsync_log.txt
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Greetings!
Wanted to know if you've hosted the DirSync tool (latest version) on a VM? Also, if this is deployed in a Production or Lab environment? If it's a lab setup, you may
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Here's a Support KB helping with different errors:
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2684395
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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn757602.aspx
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Hi,
The Password Sync feature of the Directory Sync tool will not work correctly if Directory Sync tool is deployed on an OS older than Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2.
https://immencloud.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/dirsync-with-password-sync-troubleshooting/
If you have any feedback, you could post in:
http://feedback.azure.com/forums/34192--general-feedback
Regards.
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Hi, Community -
Up until a few days ago my iPhone synced beautifully with Outlook 2010 under Windows 7 on Parallels (running on Yosemite, MBP late 2014).
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Reset the sync history
Uninstalled and re-installed iTunes (several times)
Tried to restore to older backup versions (I keep backups of the iPhone backup files)
Synced with other iTunes installations
Restored the iPhone to a state about two weeks old (when syncing still worked)
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Application Timestamp:    54941c4c
Fault Module Name:    KERNELBASE.dll
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Fault Module Timestamp:    53159a86
Exception Code:    e06d7363
Exception Offset:    0000c42d
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Additional Information 2:    0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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OK ... I am not going to go into the depths of how a company that makes such nice hardware cannot get its act together to write decent software, too. I'll also spare you my anger on why I need to sync my iPhone on a Mac throgh Windows in order to connect to the most widely used office suite worldwide. I guess I am just disappointed at the inferiority of Apple's software and simply cannot bear the ravings of clueless artsy users who believe they know something about computing because they are proficient Photoshop users. Phew. Sorry, venting ends here and now.
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Restart Mac OS and Windows (just to be safe)
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Windows Azure Active Directory Sync Setup

Hi,
Currently trying to install Windows Azure Active Directory Sync tool for use with Office 365.
After five attempts to install the Sync Tool, I finally had some luck, now I am configuring the Sync tool and have been given the following error "A constraint violation occurred"
In looking at the event logs this is the information I get:
System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: A constraint violation occurred. ---> System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException: A constraint violation occurred. at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.CommitChanges() at Microsoft.Online.DirSync.Common.DirectoryServicesAdapter.DirectoryEntry.CommitChanges()
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Suggestions?
Thanks

Hi,
According to your description, it seems that you have installed Azure Active Directory Sync tool successfully, right? What configuration have you done when you got that error message?
Firstly, I recommend you to check the event logs for more detailed information about this issue.
In general, it is recommended to install the Directory Sync tool on a member server rather than a Domain Controller. If you installed Azure Active Directory Sync Tool on a Domain Controller, please uncheck “Start Configuration Wizard now”
checkbox and then log off and log in again to configure the Azure Active Directory Sync Tool Configuration Wizard. If you forget to follow the above process, the Configuration Wizard will return an error "Constraint Violation Error".
Besides, please also check the permission of the system account. You can add it into the built-in Administrators group in your on-premise domain to see if the issue persists.
More information:
HowTo: Install the Windows Azure Active Directory Sync Tool
Best regards,
Susie

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Since we are using our on-premises Exchange server and Microsoft EOP only for spam filter, and
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"Windows Azure Active Directory Sync tool" to be installed and synchronizing all our AD to the EOP!
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Need BPOS Directory Sync installer

Hi, I'm hoping someone out there can help me; I need a BPOS version of the Directory Sync installer. I was transitioned over to Office 365 a couple of weeks back. Office 365 has a different Directory Sync tool than BPOS, so I had to uninstall the BPOS version
of DirSync to install the Office 365 version. Well, the uninstallation got borked, and now the install of the new version won't complete. I've been working with Microsoft on a solution, and they suggested reinstalling the BPOS version, and then attempting
to uninstall after the fact.
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Unfortunately that is what I was trying to do, and was broken due to a bad uninstall of the BPOS version. Luckily, I got successful manual uninstall steps from Microsoft. I'll post them here for everyone else's benefit.
Cause
This issue may occur when one of the Directory Synchronization decencies becomes corrupted.
Resolution
To work around this issue, complete the following steps:
Create a Local Machine Group named MIISAdmins.
Add yourself to the group.
Sign out, and then sign in to establish the new group membership in the access token.
Use Add/Remove Programs to uninstall Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization.
If the above steps does not resolve your issue, you will need to perform the following steps as a workaround to uninstall Directory Synchronization:
Note: if on Windows Server 2008, ensure that you are logged on as a local administrator
and open any command prompts with "Run as administrator"
1.
Attempt to uninstall Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization by running the following command from a command prompt:
Msiexec /x {9F49A6D5-4E82-445C-A546-0F0939599595} /lvx DirSync_uninstallFailure.log
If the uninstall still fails, attempt to troubleshoot based on analyzing the log file. If you still cannot determine cause of failure. Then perform the following steps as
a last resort:
1.
Click
Start, type Run, type regedit, and then click
OK.
2.
Expand the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ Software/ Microsoft/ Windows/
CurrentVersion/ Uninstall.
3.
Find and Delete the entry named
{9F49A6D5-4E82-445C-A546-0F0939599595}.
If the above entry is not found, also look under
4.
Find and Delete the entry named "Microsoft Online Directory Sync".
Note: If the above entries are not found, also look under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ Software/ Wow6432Node/ Microsoft/ Windows/
CurrentVersion/ Uninstall.
2.
Remove
Microsoft Directory Sync Client by running the following command from a command prompt:
Msiexec /x {85E058A2-7EDC-44DB-B3DE-ED8B18BD9E66} /lvx DirSync_uninstallFailure.log
If the uninstall still fails, attempt to troubleshoot based on analyzing the log file. If you still cannot determine cause of failure. Then perform the following steps as
a last resort:
1.
Click
Start, type Run, type regedit, and then click
OK.
2.
Expand the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ Software/ Microsoft/ Windows/
CurrentVersion/ Uninstall.
3.
Find and Delete the entry named
{85E058A2-7EDC-44DB-B3DE-ED8B18BD9E66}.
Note: If the above entry is not found, also look under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ Software/ Wow6432Node/ Microsoft/ Windows/
CurrentVersion/ Uninstall.
3.
Remove
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition by running the following command from a command prompt:
Msiexec /x {A91E3887-5185-4091-AF33-AF33-AB0048444055} /lvx DirSync_uninstallFailure.log
If the uninstall still fails, attempt to troubleshoot based on analyzing the log file. If you still cannot determine cause of failure. Then perform the following steps as
a last resort:
1.
Click
Start, type Run, type regedit, and then click
OK.
2.
Expand the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ Software/ Microsoft/ Windows/
CurrentVersion/ Uninstall.
3.
Find and Delete the entry named
{A91E3887-5185-4091-AF33-AF33-AB0048444055}. Note: If the above entry is not found, also look under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ Software/ Wow6432Node/ Microsoft/ Windows/
CurrentVersion/ Uninstall.
4.
Uninstall
Microsoft Identity Integration Server from Add/Remove Programs
5.
Remove the following registry entries
1.
(HKLM/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/MSOnlineSyncScheduler)
2.
(HKLM/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/MSSQL$MSONLINE)
3.
(HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/MSOLCoExistence)
4.
(HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Microsoft SQL Server/Instance Names/SQL/MSONLINE)
5.
(HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Microsoft SQL Server/MSONLINE)
6.
(HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.N)
7.
(HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Microsoft SQL Server/InstalledInstances
Do not delete the entire String key, Delete MSONLINE from InstalledInstances
6.
Delete the following folder locations
1.
(%ProgramFiles%/Microsoft SQL Server/MSSQL.N)
2.
(%ProgramFiles%/Microsoft Online Directory Sync)
7.
Ensure the
MIIS_Service user account is removed from the local computers Local Users folder
8.
Ensure the following groups are removed from the local computers Group folder
1.
MIISAdmins
2.
MIISBrowse
3.
MIISJoiners
4.
MIISOperators
5.
MIISPasswordSet
9.
Restart the computer

MFA Directory sync

Hello,
I am setting up an environment which require MFA for users and administrators. I can't seem to be able to get Directory Integration to work. I am able to manually add users from my AD, but the automatic AD sync gives the following error:
2014-11-29T11:48:21.623566Z|i|1984|1352|pfadssvc|Processing full synchronization to initialize synchronization cookies
2014-11-29T11:48:21.639234Z|e|1984|1352|pfadssvc|Error initializing user directory synchronization cookie for dc=***,dc=***,dc=***: Synchronization cannot continue.
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I have a client who has changed one of his laptops to a new machine and now his portible home directory sync is not working. He puts in the password but it says the server is not found. I have confirmed that the correct server address is listed in the preferances. It used to say it was a incorrect password and i have also verified that the correct pass is listed in workgroup manager for his profile. now no matter what we put in it says server unable to be found. another strange thing i have noticed is the when i went in to the mobility settings on his account in workgroup manager it was all grayed out until i altered some of the setting and now it is not greyed out anymore and it wont go back to being greyed out.

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i have noticed rogue ACLS appearing now in server admin for leopard, as described in a previous post.
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strangely, some of our users have the rogue ACL and some don't.
even after deleting the ACL for the user, portable home syncing still does not work.
on the client it goes through the process and the blue bar shows you it checking folders and seemingly updating. the give away for me is following the apparently successful sync, when you click on the mobile directory icon in the menu bar the date has not updated and clearly upon checking with the network account, new data has not synced.
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Portable home directory syncing sometimes cannot complete, and stuck at "Checking "~/"". Looking at Console message shows the following:
1:: 09/09/03 21:01:12.562 -SSHIPCClient handleStderrLineOrEOF:: 2009-09-03 21:01:12 -0700 'Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
1:: 09/09/03 21:01:12.562 '
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1:: 09/09/03 21:01:12.657 '
and that's it. it'll go forever unless I force quit loginwindow. Because if I try to logout, it will get stuck on logout syncing, presumably at the same point. Afterward, I can login and sync normal... for a while.
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When it does sync correctly, the the following messages go after what I had above:
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1:: [09/09/10 18:52:30.663] okayBusy = 'OKAY'
Also, on the server's console message, the corresponding greeting does show up even when the client doesn't receive it. The clients forward/reverse DNS works fine on server and client.
The problem happens to ALL the clients, which lead me to think it must be a setting error on my end rather than a bug. But I can't figure out what.
Please help..

I finally figured it out. The trouble was that it was syncing ~/Library/FileSync from the mini, where syncing was failing. The solution was to exclude this folder from the list of folders I was syncing.

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Ever since I rolled out OSX 10.8.2 on some test macbook airs the home directory sync (thru AD home directory path) doesn't work. When a user logs in with their AD credentials, everything works fine otherwise:
The home directory mounts
I am able to access all of the contents of the network home directory from the dock
When I attempt to manually sync the network home directory the progress bar shows that it is in progress for a second and then shows "complete" or "finished". I don't remember the exact wording. When I check the local user folders to see if any of the content from the networked home drive has sync'd "down" from the file server all of the directories are empty just like they were prior to the sync.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to remedy this, or is this just completely broken in ML? It used to work fine on SL and it's a shame to lose such a nice feature.

suggest you ask in the Tiger or Snow leopard server forums
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96

How many users are registered for using the firefox sync server?

I'm working on a german wikipedia article about "Firefox Sync" and I need more information about the current usage and the historical development of this feature - number of registered users for the Sync Server at Mozilla - would be nice to have numbers for 2011, 2012, and current usage.
If possible, it would be also useful to know how many german speaking users are using the sync service.
Where are your Sync Servers located (US, Europe, Asia)?
What kind of systems and platforms are supported?
Is there a current documentation about the importance of the Firefox Sync Service, that I may reference?

thanks for your fast reply,
your URL to the page with the ideas of the new PiCL service shows in the remark about the usability of the "Firefox Sync" some hints about the usage of the current sync service "only 1% of our users have actually done so" - so I will use that as reference.
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