Hello @Paul Johnson Thank you for reaching out to us and apologies for delayed response.
From the details provided in your post, I understand your requirement to restore BMR backup of your local AD to Azure.
I'm sorry to say, this is not a supported scenario on Azure. You need access to your machine to set up a backup from on-premises to Azure.
Hope this answers your question!
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