Server in the cloud

Question

Hi All,
So... I've got a company with about 40 staff (all with 365 accounts) and 19 computers running windows 10/11 Pro. They are all joined to Azure AD so anyone can login and I can push config policies and apps etc.
However, we are moving to a new office where there will be about 6 computers and I was looking into getting an physical server to provide more control over devices (and also not have to type in @ our very long domain name every time a user logs in!). We also have a new Access Database which I want to put on a network share so all in the office can use this (it's really difficult to deploy this using purely Sharepoint, unless anyone has any suggestions?).
I have created a Virtual Machine in Azure and running windows server 2022 on this. It's working great and I'm controlling it via RDP. If I run a server in the cloud this way, synced with AAD - how can I join all my devices to this domain seeing as it is a virtual machine... VPN? Or should I invest in a physical server to go on premises and control this from home with a VPN. The devices in the office can be connected via LAN and other ones can stay on Azure AD?
Any advice?

Thanks all!

M

Answer 1

Hello @Monty Durman

Yes, this is possible with Hybrid Azure AD. Since the topic is lengthy and has different options depending on what are your needs, I will refer to the next document in order to visualize and familiarize with the type of deployment:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/hybrid-azuread-join-plan

Hope this helps with your query,

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