One of our clients received an email over the weekend that their Azure AD Synchronization hasn't occurred in over 54 hours. When troubleshooting the issue on the directory synchronization server (OS - Server 2012, R2) we found that the "SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)"
and "Microsoft Azure AD Sync" services were stopped and they will not start.
The "SQL Server (EXPRESS)" service comes back with "Windows could not start the SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and
refer to service-specific error code 3023."
The "Microsoft Azure AD Sync" service comes back with "Windows could not stat the Microsoft Azure AD Sync on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and
refer to service-specific error code 2145188790."
When trying to start Azure AD Connect we get the following error message...
"The current user requires Admin access to the Microsoft Azure AD Sync service.
Azure Active Directory Connect cannot proceed further as configuration changes cannot be made at
this time.
What to do next:
Close the Azure AD Connect wizard. Ensure the current user is a member of either the Administrators or
ADSyncAdmins group and has logged off/on since joining the group."
The account that we are logged in with is a member of both of those accounts. We upgraded from Windows Azure Active Directory Sync to Azure AD Connect back in the middle of December. Everything had been synchronizing fine until over the weekend. The local account used for the Azure AD Connect service is not locked out and the password is set to not expire (default).
Any help would be greatly appreciated...