entra connect health sync agent stops updating cloud dashboards after TLS inspection and proxy authentication

Pradeep Singh Arora 20 Reputation points
2026-08-18T02:23:14.2933333+00:00

Dear Microsoft Support Team,

We are experiencing a network synchronization issue on one of our organization's devices. The system displays the following connection failure error:

Error Status: HTTP 407 Proxy Authentication Required and TLS Certificate Validation Failure

System Info:

Windows Server 2022 Datacenter

Microsoft Entra Connect Health Sync Agent

Corporate Egress Proxy with TLS Inspection

407 / CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

PRD-ENTRA-SYNC-01

Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
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  1. Allan Solomon Mejia 3,840 Reputation points
    2026-08-18T02:50:35.5866667+00:00

    Hello @Pradeep Singh Arora

    The combination of HTTP 407 Proxy Authentication Required and CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID strongly points to the corporate proxy/TLS inspection path, not an Entra Connect synchronization issue.

    Microsoft specifically notes that the Microsoft Entra Connect Health agent registration or data-upload operations can fail when outbound traffic undergoes TLS inspection or termination. The agent also requires outbound access to specific Microsoft Entra Connect Health endpoints.

    I would first check the Health agent's current proxy configuration:

    Get-MicrosoftEntraConnectHealthProxySettings
    

    If the server should use your corporate proxy, configure the Health agent using its supported proxy cmdlet, for example:

    Set-MicrosoftEntraConnectHealthProxySettings `
        -HttpsProxyAddress proxy.contoso.com:8080
    Restart-Service AzureADConnectHealthAgent*
    

    You can also import the existing WinHTTP configuration:

    Set-MicrosoftEntraConnectHealthProxySettings -ImportFromWinHttp
    Restart-Service AzureADConnectHealthAgent*
    

    Microsoft notes that configuring the agent simply through netsh winhttp set proxy isn't the supported method because the Health agent uses System.Net rather than WinHTTP.

    The 407 error is also important. Microsoft documents 407 as the proxy requiring authentication when appropriate credentials aren't being supplied. For the Connect Health agent specifically, authenticated proxies using HTTP Basic aren't supported.

    Given your environment uses TLS inspection, I would have the network/security team verify that the required Connect Health destinations aren't being blocked or that their TLS sessions aren't being terminated. Required endpoints include:

    *.aadconnecthealth.azure.com

    *.adhybridhealth.azure.com

    *.blob.core.windows.net

    *.servicebus.windows.net

    login.microsoftonline.com

    login.windows.net

    management.azure.com

    aadcdn.msftauth.net

    aadcdn.msauth.net

    Microsoft's current documentation explicitly warns that TLS inspection/termination can cause Health agent registration and data-upload failures.

    After correcting the proxy/TLS path, restart the agents and test connectivity:

    Restart-Service AzureADConnectHealthAgent*
    Test-MicrosoftEntraConnectHealthConnectivity
    

    If connectivity succeeds, allow some time for fresh telemetry to appear in the Entra Connect Health dashboard.

    I wouldn't reinstall Entra Connect or the Health agent yet. With 407 plus certificate-authority validation errors, I'd resolve the proxy authentication and TLS-inspection path first.

    Sharing these references with you:

    Install and configure Microsoft Entra Connect Health agents

    Troubleshoot Microsoft Entra Connect connectivity issues

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