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AndrewX
Jul 24, 2017Iron Contributor
Using the ActiveDirectory module against on-prem ad when connected to azure ad
Greetings, I recently disconnected my on-prem AD machine and joined my machine to azure ad. I'm doing this to test some of the azure ad features and viability for some of our use cases to use az...
VasilMichev
Jul 24, 2017MVP
Well, at the very least you will have to use the Credentials parameter when running AD PowerShell cmdlets on a non-domain PC. Or you can just open implicit remoting session via Enter-PSSession. Probably the network rules need to be adjusted, as well as WinRM config.
You dont have to leave the domain in order to join the computer to Azure AD btw.
- AndrewXJul 25, 2017Iron Contributor
Oh wow i didnt know that, so i can be joined to two directories at the same time?
- VasilMichevJul 25, 2017MVP
Azure AD is not a "traditional" AD, and definitely not a replacement for on-prem AD. It's a poor choice of terminology basically, combined with some marketing crap.
But to answer the question, yes, you can "connect" domain-joined machines to Azure AD.