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Brass Contributor

Jan 19, 2021

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Considerations for Uninstall Active Directory On prem

Hi Team. I have a customer who wants to remove the Active Directory on prem. I read some considerations: Apps, printers, share folders, GPOs not working. Certificates not working. Require...

Thijs Lecomte
Jan 20, 2021
Hi

I have blogged about this in the past: https://365bythijs.be/2020/08/19/hybrid-vs-azure-ad-join/

But to answer your question: Don't add the devices to AD, but add them to AAD immediately. It's recommended that all users have AAD Premium/Intune in order to allow them to enroll into Intune.

Thijs Lecomte

Bronze Contributor

Jan 20, 2021

Hi

I have blogged about this in the past: https://365bythijs.be/2020/08/19/hybrid-vs-azure-ad-join/

But to answer your question: Don't add the devices to AD, but add them to AAD immediately. It's recommended that all users have AAD Premium/Intune in order to allow them to enroll into Intune.

CarlosMoralesMX
Brass Contributor
Jan 20, 2021
Thanks, Thijs Lecomte

A question, currently the computers are in an active directory domain and in Azure AD join.

For to be alone in Azure AD Join, is necessary remove from the domain, keep them in Workgroup and execute for Azure AD join again?

According to your procedure, new profile is created.

Regards,
- Thijs Lecomte
  Bronze Contributor
  Jan 21, 2021
  Correct, you need to remove them from the domain and join them to AAD
  This will create a new user profile for the user
  - CarlosMoralesMX
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 21, 2021
    Thijs Lecomte
    
    Finally, what about the users?
    They are synchronized with Azure AD Connect since Active Directory, you need to create all users as Cloud Only?
    
    Thanks for your support.