Thinking about moving your Active Directory into the public cloud? Here are some things to watch out for ( Check out CloudIdentityArchitect.com for informational content around AD and ADFS App Migration to Azure AD):
Always keep a backup Domain Controller on premises. This is for two reasons:
a) In case internet connectivity goes down and your cloud DC is down
b) For apps that may still rely on the on prem DC
When you talk about building a full blown DC in the cloud, there are two primary services that you need (from the Windows Server AD)
- Directory Services — aka ADDS
- DNS Services
Here are some target platforms that Cloud Migration Architect can assist with
Azure ADDS
Azure’s ADDS is AD as a service offered by Microsoft. Completely different from Azure AD and Office 365 (which also uses Azure AD). Talk to Cloud Migration Architect if you are headed to Azure with your Active Directory Migration.
AWS Directory Services
With AWS, you can spin up a Microsoft Active Directory on an EC2 instance. In addition, your AD instance will be integrated with AWS services such as CloudTrail, CloudWatch etc. Talk to Cloud Migration Architect if you are migrating your Active Directory to AWS.
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