In this PowerShell azure tutorial, we will discuss how to fix the error, The term ‘Start-ADSyncSyncCycle’ is not recognized error. This error I got while running the PowerShell command to Manually Force Sync Azure AD Connect Using PowerShell ISE.
The term ‘Start-ADSyncSyncCycle’ is not recognized error
Recently, I was trying to run the PowerShell cmdlet to manually force the sync Azure AD to connect. Then I got the error “The term ‘Start-ADSyncSyncCycle’ is not recognized”.
- The specified module ‘ADSync’ was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory error
- The term ‘register-AzureProvider’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet
I was executing the below PowerShell cmdlet
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta
You can see it here, as below
The exact error message is
Start-ADSyncSyncCycle: The term ‘Start-ADSyncSyncCycle’ is not recognized as the name of a
cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a
path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
- Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta
~~~~~- CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Start-ADSyncSyncCycle:String) [], CommandNotFoun
dException - FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
- CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Start-ADSyncSyncCycle:String) [], CommandNotFoun
start-adsyncsynccycle not recognized – solution
Now to fix this issue, You need to follow the below steps
Step-1: Open the Windows PowerShell or PowerShell ISE with run as administrator mode
Step-2: Run the below PowerShell cmdlet to set the execution policy
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Step-3: Now the next step is to import the ADSync module using the below PowerShell cmdlet.
Import-Module -Name "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure AD Sync\Bin\ADSync" -Verbose
Check out the Path for ADSync installation. By default, the path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure AD Sync\Bin\ADSync. But cross-check the path in your machine before running the cmdlet.
Step-4: Now try running the below PowerShell cmdlet again,
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta
Now, you should able to execute this PowerShell cmdlet sucessfully with out any issue.
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Conclusion
Here, in this article, we discussed the fix or the solution for the error The term ‘Start-ADSyncSyncCycle’ is not recognized which I got while trying to execute the PowerShell cmdlet to Manually Force Sync Azure AD Connect. This solution will also fix the below errors
- start-adsyncsynccycle not recognized
- the term ‘start-adsyncsynccycle’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet
- start adsyncsynccycle
- start-adsyncsynccycle
- the term start-adsyncsynccycle is not recognized
- start-adsyncsynccycle is not recognized
- start-adsyncsynccycle not found
- start adsyncsynccycle delta
Hope this helps you to fix your issue !!!