Does Azure AD Domain Services support Radius?

Question

Dear community,

I was wondering if Azure Active Directory Domain Services supports Radius as an authentication method.
The reason I ask is because I would like to replace my on-premise domain controller with a managed version by Microsoft, however we do require Radius for WiFi-authentication (802.1x).

Currently our on-premise domain controller is responsible for this task via the NPS role.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi,

Yes that is the design or requirements for Azure AD DS you have to setup the Virtual Network and configure the VMs that are AD DS Joined to manage.

Check out the Azure AD Radius integration option - auth-radius

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Answer 2

Hi,

As far as I know you can integrate with Azure AD and this will be supported on AD DS, but the VMs and other configuration has to be inside the AD DS managed domain. So the VM that is holding the NPS role will be AD DS joined and all the GPO settings should be applied.

Here is the feature set available with AD DS and you will need to check with the Vendor for the Wifi Switches or router if they integrate with Azure AD?

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Answer 3

Hi @JimmySalian-2011 ,

Thank you for your quick response,

You say "but the VMs and other configuration has to be inside the AD DS managed domain".
Does that mean that we need to create and manage a Windows VM inside Azure?

My end goal is to not manage any VM (no IAAS). That is why I am interested in Azure ADDS.

Please let me know :)

With kind regards,
Enzo

Answer 4

Hi @JimmySalian-2011 ,

Thank you for your answer.
That means that Azure ADDS does not meet the end-goal that I have; only use managed services.

I'll look further for other solutions.

With kind regards,
Enzo