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Microsoft Entra Connect - Upgrade cannot proceed because the Azure Active Directory connector is missing! Possible Fix

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 Make note, if you see an error Upgrade cannot proceed because the Azure Active Directory connector is missing while upgrading Microsoft Entra Connect from a previous version to the latest... Make sure you have the execution policy configured!  configured!  Otherwise, you may get this error and the upgrade will fail. Happy Memorial Day! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/connect/how-to-upgrade-previous-version#microsoft-entra-connector-missing-error-during-microsoft-entra-connect-upgrade https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/hybrid/connect/how-to-upgrade-previous-version

Microsoft Entra Connect AKA Azure Sync requires Powershell remote execution policy!

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Microsoft Entra Connect AKA Azure Sync requires Powershell remote execution policy to be configured. So if you use or reset the execution policy to defaults, AD Sync will no longer function! Microsoft Entra Connect: Prerequisites and hardware - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn

Here's what I'm working on

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It's an interesting name for a book, isn't it? The Big Book of Small Python Projects: 81 Easy Practice Programs https://a.co/d/919BogG

How to clean duplicate "copy" files from Microsoft Onedrive

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How to clean duplicate "copy" files from Microsoft OneDrive using robocopy. You can use this same method to clean any windows directories of specific filenames or even directory names using the XF and XD switches. If you have a bunch of duplicate files with the work "copy" in them for example, here's how you can clean it up: # copy excluding filename robocopy "C:\Users\bill speers\OneDrive\Documents\test"  "C:\Users\bill speers\OneDrive\Documents\test ex" /e /mt:32 /xf *copy* /log+:%temp%\robolog.log # backup original robocopy "C:\Users\bill speers\OneDrive\Documents\test"  "C:\Users\bill speers\OneDrive\Documents\test backup" /e /mt:32 /log+:%temp%\robolog.log # Mirror new copy *   robocopy "C:\Users\bill speers\OneDrive\Documents\test ex"  "C:\Users\bill speers\OneDrive\Documents\test" /mir /l /mt:32 /log+:%temp%\robolog.log /tee * make note of the /l /tee here. This command will not copy anything unt...

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