azure ad connect installation

testuser7 276 Reputation points
2023-01-13T19:55:05.6766667+00:00

Ideally, Azure AD Connect should be installed on a dedicated domain-joined server, but you can also install it on your domain controller.

If I want to sync two different forests then my question is which forest's domain-joined server should be used to install AAD-Connect ??

On that note, is it possible to install Azure-AD connect on totally separate Windows Server which is NOT joined to any of the two forests ??

In this case when I am configuring Azure-AD connect, since all the 3 servers (two forest-servers and one AADC-server) are on the same subnet, would AADC-wizard able to access the domain-controllers ?

Thanks.

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  1. Pierre Audonnet - MSFT 10,191 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2023-01-13T21:50:10.1233333+00:00

    For the server:

    Azure AD Connect must be installed on a domain-joined Windows Server 2016 or later - note that Windows Server 2022 is not yet supported.

    For the network placement:

    Azure AD Connect requires network connectivity to the root domain of all configured forest

    From: Prerequisites for Azure AD Connect

    As long as you can connect to the DCs of all the forest in the scope of synchronization from that server, you are good to go.

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  2. testuser7 276 Reputation points
    2023-01-16T15:06:55.51+00:00

    Thanks @Pierre Audonnet - MSFT

    Makes sense and I did that way.

    I actually have opened one more thread around AAD-Connect at

    [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1159290/azure-ad-connect-isr

    If you could help me on this one, that would great !!!


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