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AAD join Server 2025
Hi, Brent here from the Windows Server team. Can I ask you to elaborate a bit more on how you would use Entra ID device join on Windows Servers? When is it most painful to be missing this capability? Servers in the cloud, Servers at the edge, in your datacenter? Would you use this with traditional AD or no? Would this be most convenient for configuring and deploying, or troubleshooting, or other tasks? You mention accessing corporate resources from the Server, would to know more about this. Thanks!
Hi lpmuu Windows Server cannot AAD join. But I can test this for you or you can using settings app.
There's a movement going on that parts of Windows Server might get controlled via Intune through Defender and security policies but that is still in public preview.
Windows Server Core Installation option even does miss the bits and bytes.
Microsoft Azure Arc is free, but it adds a new layer of complexity and security if you want to make it right, just as AAD join would, too. This is because Azure Arc adds the Server to the management plane of Azure Portal and also the control and security plane of Entra ID which is intertwined with your AAD accounts.
I agree with your idea. Please comment and like this older posting of mine.