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Is it possible to migrate my infrastructure to an Azure Stack HCI and running my active directory on it?

Rui Moura 0 Reputation points
2024-06-05T10:21:04.1633333+00:00

Hi,

Is it possible to migrate my infrastructure to an Azure Stack HCI and running my active directory on it?

I want to migrate my deprecated microsoft server infrastructure to an azure stack hci, including my active directory, is it possible?

Thank you

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  1. vipullag-MSFT 25,446 Reputation points
    2024-06-05T13:21:53.0266667+00:00

    Hello Rui Moura

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform, thanks for posting your query here.

    To allow the cluster to start it will need active directory, once the cluster has started and is online then it will then be possible to have domain services running on VM's hosted in Azure Stack HCI.

    Usually most of the customers either having another site which has domain services running which can be used for the cluster to start but then once the cluster is started and the domain services VM's are running on the cluster then they handle local AD requests. That other site could be another domain services running in another cluster, or even in Azure if there is connectivity in place.

    Hope this helps.

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  2. Yanhong Liu 3,965 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-06-06T02:35:27.44+00:00

    Hello

    Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

    Yes, you can migrate deprecated Microsoft Server infrastructure to Azure Stack HCI, including Active Directory. Azure Stack HCI is a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) cluster solution that allows users to deploy and manage virtualized workloads, including Windows and Linux virtual machines, in an on-premises environment while providing tight integration with Azure cloud services.

    For information on migrating VM workloads to Azure Stack HCI, please refer to the following link:

    Options for migrating virtual machines to Azure Stack HCI (preview) - Azure Stack HCI | Microsoft Learn

    To prepare Active Directory for deployment in Azure Stack HCI, please refer to the following link:

    Prepare Active Directory for new Azure Stack HCI, version 23H2 deployment - Azure Stack HCI | Microsoft Learn

    I hope the information above is helpful.

    Best Regards,

    Yanhong Liu

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