# AD Connect
Provide the password of the AD DS Connector account
1. Start the Synchronization Service Manager (START → Synchronization Service).
2. Go to the Connectors tab.
3. Select the AD Connector that corresponds to your on-premises AD. ...
4. Under Actions, select Properties.
5. In the pop-up dialog, select Connect to Active Directory Forest:
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AD ADD Sync
Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta
Get-date
Reinstall:
Found problems with reinstall and today I was able to work around it by removing these items to allow the installation to think it was not installed prior:
Prior to today (4/5/2022) yesterday I uninstalled and then restarted the server overnight.
HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Installer\\Products
Inside of this key was a couple of entries that linked to AD Connect. In removed the sub-keys (not "Products")
This folder must also be empty:
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Azure AD Sync\\Data
Once those 2 areas were cleared I was able to get it to install.