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

Question

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

Mahsa Ataollahi 10

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?

Sandeep G-MSFT 20,921 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-03-16T10:49:31.01+00:00

@Mahsa Ataollahi

Thank you for posting this question in Microsoft Q&A. I am looking into this issue and will update you post my research
Sandeep G-MSFT 20,921 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-03-27T08:52:37.4633333+00:00

@Mahsa Ataollahi

Just checking in to see if the below answer helped. If this answers your query, please don’t forget to click "Accept the answer" and Up-Vote for the same, which might be beneficial to other community members reading this thread.

1 answer

Your answer

Sandeep G-MSFT 20,921 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-03-16T10:49:31.01+00:00

@Mahsa Ataollahi

Thank you for posting this question in Microsoft Q&A. I am looking into this issue and will update you post my research
Sandeep G-MSFT 20,921 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-03-27T08:52:37.4633333+00:00

@Mahsa Ataollahi

Just checking in to see if the below answer helped. If this answers your query, please don’t forget to click "Accept the answer" and Up-Vote for the same, which might be beneficial to other community members reading this thread.

Answer 1

@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.

Share via

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

1 answer

Your answer