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Published inNov 2021
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Dishan Francis
Dishan Francis
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Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.
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Step-by-step guide to integrating an on-prem AD environment with Azure AD

Before we start with the integration process, we need the following:

  • Valid Azure subscription: We need to have a valid Azure subscription. It can be a pay-as-you-go subscription or a partner subscription. You can also get a free Azure demo account with £150 in credit. More information can be found at https://bit.ly/3oV95Ma.
  • Global Administrator account: To set up Azure AD, you need to log in to Azure with an account that has Global Administrator account privileges.
  • Access to DNS: If you are going to add a custom domain name, as part of the process, you need to verify the ownership of the domain name.

    This is done by using a DNS record. Therefore, engineers need to have access to DNS servers.

  • Enterprise Administrator account: In order to set up and configure Azure AD Connect, the engineers need to be members of the Enterprise Administrator group in the on-prem AD setup...
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Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.
Read more about Dishan Francis