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Published inJul 2022
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ISBN-139781803242507
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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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Configuring staging mode

This recipe provides tips for configuring Azure AD Connect in staging mode.

Getting ready

To implement one or more staging-mode servers, you need to meet the same requirements as when implementing the actively synchronizing Azure AD Connect installation. In short, you need to do the following:

  • Sign in with an account that is a local administrator account on the server. As part of the process, credentials for the following accounts need to be specified:
    • An account in Active Directory that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group
    • An account in Azure AD that has the Global administrator or Hybrid Identity administrator role assigned
  • Ensure that the following are true of the Windows Server that you intend to configure as an Azure AD Connect staging-mode server:
    • Is able to communicate with the internet without having to pass proxies
    • Is running Windows Server 2016, or a newer version of Windows Server
    • Is domain-joined
    • Has Internet Explorer Enhanced...
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Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition
Published in: Jul 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803242507

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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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