To pause Microsoft Office 365 Entra or Azure AD Connect, you will need to run a Powershell command because simply disabling services will not work.

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To start pausing your Entra Connect service right click on Windows PowerShell from your computer and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.

If you don’t already have the Exchange Online Module, copy and run the following PowerShell command:

Install-Module MSOnline

Run this command and user admin credentials to connect to Office 365″

Connect-MsolService

To disable Entra Connect run this command:

Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled -EnableDirSync $false

If you want to turn synchronization back on run this powershell command:

Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled -EnableDirSync $true

To check whether Entra synchronization is on or off you must login to Office 365 and if you see a cloud then the sync is still enabled (you may have to adjust the columns to see the sync status)

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If you get the error Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled : You cannot turn off Active Directory synchronization you will simply have to wait for the initial synchronization to finish

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