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Copper Contributor

Feb 06, 2024

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AAD join Server 2025

Hi, Wondering if Server 2025 can be AAD joined. this would help some businesses that have their laptops joined as well as would also like to have the option to join their Server for their line o...

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Brentfor
Sep 16, 2025
Hi Karl,

We are making incremental progress in that direction. Please take a look at this documentation for enabling Entra join and sign-in on Arc-enabled Windows Servers located anywhere. This has GA'd for WS2025.

Sign in to a Windows virtual machine in Azure by using Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn

Note that the Arc-enabled Server cannot be joined to AD or HAADJ (or Entra Domain Services).

Thanks,
Brent

Karl-WE

MVP

Sep 13, 2025

Hi Brentfor any news on this Feature Request? I would be a huge shift for security and convenience either way if Windows Server vNext would support the same technology for sign-in and Entra Join (not necessarily hybrid please), as Windows 11 24H2 / 25H2 does.

Some customers do not need any Kerberos but still need Windows Server.

Brentfor

Microsoft

Sep 16, 2025

Hi Karl,

We are making incremental progress in that direction. Please take a look at this documentation for enabling Entra join and sign-in on Arc-enabled Windows Servers located anywhere. This has GA'd for WS2025.

Note that the Arc-enabled Server cannot be joined to AD or HAADJ (or Entra Domain Services).

Thanks,
Brent