O365 Discovery Error: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request

Created: 2022-07-14 11:21:42
Modified: 2023-08-15 16:56:44
Tags: Errors Office 365 Troubleshooting UnitySync

This error may occur when discovering O365 Users and/or Groups:

 PSRemotingTransportException: Starting a command
 on the remote server failed with the following error
 message : The I/O operation has been aborted 
 because of either a thread exit or an application
 request

If you have selected Groups on the Source tab OR you are using a Source tab query to filter Users based on Group membership and are receiving this error, please upgrade to the latest UnitySync supported version of Exchange Online PowerShell module.

If you are have not selected Groups on the Source tab, AND you are not using a Source tab User filter on Memberof, you can disable automatic Group discovery.

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