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marco hartmann
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Oct 10, 2019

Pest Practices - Domain Controller & GPOs

Hello everybody,

we did some tests with the WVD. Generally everything works well, but I have a question regarding the domain connection, because I'm not a Azure specialist. In our tests, we connected the local domain to Azure via Azure AD Connect and enabled the Azure Domain Services to test WVD.

Now, how can I assign WVDs AD policies to this construct, or should it be better to install a domain controller in Azure and connect it to the local AD?

What is the best practices approach?

Is this described somewhere?

Greeting Marco

6 Replies

  • Kidd_Ip's avatar
    Kidd_Ip
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    Sep 10, 2024

    marco hartmann 

     

    Below some highlight on best practice:

     

    • Hybrid Azure AD Join: This is often recommended for environments that need to maintain a strong connection between on-premises and cloud resources. It allows seamless policy management and user experience
    • Azure AD Domain Services: This is suitable for environments that prefer a managed domain service without the overhead of maintaining domain controllers
    • Azure Domain Controller: This is ideal for environments that require full AD DS capabilities in the cloud and have complex policy requirements
  • Christian_Montoya's avatar
    Christian_Montoya
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    Oct 10, 2019

    marco hartmann : Adding on to Eva's response, please note that if you use Azure AD Domain Services, at the moment we only support user connections coming from cloud users. We do not support connections from users who were initially synchronized from on-premise (through Azure AD Connect).

     

    We are looking to support this scenario this month.

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