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Published inJul 2022
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ISBN-139781803242507
Edition2nd Edition
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Sander Berkouwer
Sander Berkouwer
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Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.
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Making PTA (geo)redundant

This recipe shows how to install additional PTA agents to make PTA (geo)redundant.

Getting ready

To register additional PTA agents with Azure AD, you'll need to sign in with an account that is a local administrator on the Windows Server installation you plan to run the PTA agent on. As part of the following steps, you'll need to enter the credentials for these accounts:

  • An account in Active Directory that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group
  • An account in Azure AD that has the Global administrator role assigned

Ensure the Windows Server running the additional PTA agent is domain-joined, able to communicate with the internet without having to pass proxies, is running Windows Server 2016 or a newer version of Windows Server, and has IE ESC turned off.

Download the PTA agent from the following URL:

aka.ms/getauthagent

If the organization uses the Azure AD PIM feature, activate the Global administrator role in...

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Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition
Published in: Jul 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803242507

Author (1)

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Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.
Read more about Sander Berkouwer