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Hello,
I have been asked to remove any unused resources in our Azure Active Directory Tenant. I have removed most of the unused resources, but I am a bit reluctant to just remove AADDS, as I am not entirely sure if we are still using it for anything.
I have been told that it is a historical resource, that was used when we had an office presence and a hybrid Azure AD set up, so we can remove it.
We historically had an office AD set up, that was entirely office based, with domain controllers etc. and we moved to a hybrid set up a few years ago, but have now moved out of the office entirely, and everything is Azure cloud based.
My question is, can we check if we are using this for anything before removing it, or can we disable it, so that it can be turned back on, if we do see any issues.
The only option that I can see is removing it completely, but if it is still being used, this could affect live services, so I would prefer an option that I know will not affect our users, or if it does, can be rolled back quickly.
Thanks in advance
Karl
If you no longer need Azure Active Directory Domain Services, you can delete it. There is no option to disable it temporarily and the deletion operation is permanent, you can not reverse that.
Refer the following article to understand more about the deletion.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory-domain-services/delete-aadds
To understand more about Azure ADDS, refer https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/active-directory/ds
Hope this helps
Thanks for the answer, this is my problem, if I just remove it, and it causes all sorts of issues, I am in trouble. I was wondering if there is any way of confirming that it is not actually being used before I remove it?
You can check whether there are joined or registered devices to your AADDS. Refer the following video that shows how you can access these details from the Azure portal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj3zOaQ3oUk
Hope this helps
Hello @Karl Parker , I'm checking in to see if you still need help for this issue.
Hello, I have watched the video above, and it doesn't tell me anything. From the previous comments, I think I understand that if devices are AD joined, this means that there is no need to keep AADDS. But if devices are AD registered, this means that there is still a requirement for it, is that correct? I am still looking to find how to see that all our devices are AD joined, then I can remove AADDS without any issue.