Unable to join Windows Server 2022 to domain using Microsoft Entra domain services

Question

I am trying to join my Windows Server 2022 to my domain using Microsoft Entra domain services. However, I am unable to find the correct DNS server addresses to join my device to the domain. I have searched online extensively but have not found any useful resources. Can someone please help me with this issue? Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

@User

Thank you for posting this in Microsoft Q&A.

If you are looking to join any VM to Entra ID domain services, then you have to perform below steps,

• Connect the Windows Server VM to an Azure virtual network
• Join the VM to the managed domain

Main concept of getting using Entra ID domain services is Microsoft Entra Domain Services provides managed domain services such as domain join, group policy, lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP), and Kerberos/NTLM authentication. You use these domain services without the need to deploy, manage, and patch domain controllers (DCs) in the cloud.

When you create a Domain Services managed domain, you define a unique namespace. This namespace is the domain name, such as aaddscontoso.com. Two Windows Server domain controllers (DCs) are then deployed into your selected Azure region. This deployment of DCs is known as a replica set.

Note: There is no option to add additional domain controllers to this managed domain

You can only add Azure VM's to this managed domain.

If your scenario is something like, you have a DC in on-premises environment, and a domain controller in Azure, then you can follow below article,

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/identity/

Let us know if you have any further questions.

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Answer 2

Did you follow this to join the vm to the domain?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/domain-services/join-windows-vm#join-the-vm-to-the-managed-domain

Answer 3

You shouldn't need it. Instead, follow https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/domain-services/join-windows-vm

The DNS server configuration is inherited from the virtual network hosting the Entra Domain Services deployment.

Verify that the VM hosting the Windows Server 2022 is connected to the same virtual network that Domain Services is enabled in or it is in a peered virtual network.

For additional troubleshooting steps, refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/domain-services/join-windows-vm#connectivity-issues

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Marcin

Answer 4

Hello,

 

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

To find a proper DNS server, please kindly check if there's any DNS server in your domain and get the IP address. If you don't have access to such information, you can find an existing windows client in the domain and run ipconfig/all to get the preferred DNS ip address.

Once you get the proper DNS server ip address, please configure on the new joint windows client and check if it works.

 

Best regards，

Jill Zhou

 

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Answer 5

Update: I have now put a dns on that server, it is added in the domain.(according to windows settings) But how can I now link this domain controller to azure. I currently still have a free azure account.

Can someone explain to me how I can now set everything in azure (online) also for this domain: users, permissions, ...