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By popular demand: Windows LAPS available now!

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Apr 11, 2023
Welcome to the new and improved Windows LAPS! That's Local Administrator Password Solution. We've been listening to your feedback and requests, and the day is finally here for both cloud and on-premi...
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Apr 12, 2023

Marc_Laf ,

 

>>Just want to also make sure there's no dependency on Intune either, just Azure AD?

>>For servers that we want to leverage this on (and cannot be managed by Intune), can we still back their passwords up to Azure?

>>Or do we need to back them up to the local AD?

 

Correct, Windows LAPS does NOT have a hard dependency on Intune.   From the Windows LAPS client perspective, in order to backup passwords to Azure AD the device just needs to be AzureAD-joined, and the necessary Windows LAPS policy directives need to be deployed (if not via Intune, then via GPO or any other method).   

 

Note, I am not authoritative on which versions of Windows Server can be joined to Azure AD - but I've been told that scenario is getting more and more supported as time goes on.