Azure AD Connect 1.1.557.0 released

Hot on the heals of AAD Connect 1.1.553.0, Microsoft has released version 1.1.557.0 with an important update for Microsoft Azure AD cloud and Microsoft Cloud Germany customers.

It's important to note that for some reason this version will not be available to customers through the Azure AD Connect Auto Upgrade feature. You will need to download and install this build manually.

New features and improvements

• Password writeback is now available for preview with Microsoft Azure Government cloud and Microsoft Cloud Germany. For more information about Azure AD Connect support for the different service instances, refer to article Azure AD Connect: Special considerations for instances.
• The Initialize-ADSyncDomainJoinedComputerSync cmdlet now has a new optional parameter named AzureADDomain. This parameter lets you specify which verified domain to be used for configuring the service connection point.

Pass-through Authentication

New features and improvements

• The name of the agent required for Pass-through Authentication has been changed from Microsoft Azure AD Application Proxy Connector to Microsoft Azure AD Connect Authentication Agent.
• Enabling Pass-through Authentication no longer enables Password Hash Synchronization by default.

This update also fixes an issue with the Initialize-ADSyncDomainJoinedComputerSync cmdlet that caused the verified domain configured on the existing service connection point object to be changed even if it is still a valid domain. This affects tenants with more than one verified domain that can be used for configuring the service connection point.

To accommodate this, the Initialize-ADSyncDomainJoinedComputerSync cmdlet now accepts a new optional parameter named AzureADDomain. This parameter lets you specify which verified domain to be used for configuring the service connection point.

It's unclear if this update fixes the previously reported issue that AAD Connect 1.1.553 does not carry forward OU filtering settings during upgrade. Always check your AAD Connect configuration after upgrading.

Reader Andrew Pretty noted that auto update became enabled for him in this build.

I checked mine as well, and sure enough auto update is enabled. In previous builds auto update was not enabled unless you installed AAD Connect with Express settings (no customization whatsoever). I really wish changes like this were put into the release notes. If you want to turn auto update off, run the following cmdlet:

Set-ADSyncAutoUpgrade -AutoUpgradeState disabled

You can download the latest version of Azure Active Directory Connect here.