How Can I join an on-premise windows server to Azure AD without having active directory on-premise

Mahsa Ataollahi 10 Reputation points
2023-03-14T14:08:48.15+00:00

Hi Friends

I would like to join one of our Windows Server 2019 on-premise to Azure AD, but we don't have Active Directory on-premise, could you please help me to find an article or any video regarding this?

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  1. Sandeep G-MSFT 20,911 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
    2023-03-26T05:26:20.5366667+00:00

    @Mahsa Ataollahi

    There is no option to join on-premises Windows server 2019 to Azure AD. Ususally, any on-premises Windows server cannot be joined to Azure AD and you cannot login to them with AAD credentials.

    However, if you can create a VM in Azure AD with Windows server 2019 and login to that VM using Azure AD credentials.

    You can follow steps in below article to achieve this,

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/howto-vm-sign-in-azure-ad-windows

    Let me know if you have further questions.

    Please "Accept the answer" if the information helped you. This will help us and others in the community as well.

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