Migration of Active Directory & Domain controller to Azure Cloud

Gutha Babu 10 Reputation points
2023-03-01T07:52:17.4733333+00:00

Need to migrate on-prem Active directory and domain controller to Azure Cloud Vm.

Can any one please explain the the detailed steps. I am new bee. Thanks

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  1. Alfredo Revilla - Senior Freelance SWE, SWA, IAM 27,016 Reputation points
    2023-03-16T06:37:19.5166667+00:00

    Hello, as stated by @Carlos Solis Salazar , you can move our on-premises Active Directory workloads to Azure using Azure Migrate. Optionally, and for initial or small scale migrations, you can try something approaches like How to migrate Active Directory Domain Controllers to Microsoft Azure Stack, this will create a domain controller in Azure, connect it to your on-premises DC so you can later demote and disconnect the former. Or, Moving on Premise Active Directory to Azure AD which mentions Azure Active Directory Domain Services, a cloud-only light weight/managed replacement of on-premises Active Directory.

    For specifics or better tailored suggestions feel free to detail what other workloads (DHCP, IIS, RRAS, RDS, Exchange Server, SQL Server, ADFS, WSUS, etc.) are present in your on-premises Active Directory, it's logical and network structure/configuration, number of member devices, users, groups, OUs, GPOs, schema extensions, etc.

    For applications migration, you may want to take a look to Approach 1 and Approach 2 of the Transition to the cloud guide.

    Let us know if you need additional assistance. If the answer was helpful, please accept it so that others can find a solution.

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  2. Carlos Solís Salazar 16,531 Reputation points
    2023-03-01T10:57:26.99+00:00

    Thank you for asking this question on the Microsoft Q&A Platform.

    The tool for Migration for on-premises servers is Azure Migrate

    Azure Migrate provides a simplified migration, modernization, and optimization service for Azure. All pre-migration steps such as discovery, assessments, and right-sizing of on-premises resources are included for infrastructure, data, and applications. Azure Migrate’s extensible framework allows for integration of third-party tools, thus expanding the scope of supported use-cases

    If you can provide more details about your current server/network architecture, it might be possible to offer you other options.

    Hope this helps!

    Accept Answer and Upvote, if any of the above helped, this thread can help others in the community looking for remediation for similar issues.

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