Complete Tutorial and Demonstration of Azure Active Directory Domain Services

Professor Robert McMillen explains what Azure AD Domain Services is and how it differs from Azure AD and on-premises domains and forests. Watch a demo of creating an Azure AD DS domain, joining a computer to that domain using an Azure virtual machine, and manage the new domain using familiar AD tools on a Windows server. If you've ever been curious about Azure AD Domain Services, this is the video for you.

[Cmart]

Thanks Robert. I really enjoy your videos, they are not only complete, time-efficient-designed/performed, but also amusing, quite enticing to watch them all, MASTERPIECES, if I am allowed to say, they do show your wide and deep knowledge, Regards

[garryhasty]

BY FAR the best tutuoral for an Azure novice like me. WELL DONE and thank you!

[skyguy]

What super explanation in shortest time on such a complex topic. Hats Off @Tech Pub

[espadakillar]

Thank you Robert. I always love your videos. Best trainer in LinkedIn and Youtube

[logicawe]

What an excellent video 👍 thanks for sharing

[TheWebstaff]

Great video!
Didn't help me in the slightest with my current issue other than confirming everything I'd setup was right.
But even that was of great help and over all a great video.

[hyperforxguy]

Thank you very much for this tutorial, it is really clearing up questions my company has regarding moving to the cloud but still using legacy on prem applications. One question though, you mentioned Azure ADDS has no charges except for the resources. Does this mean an org with Azure P1 licensing could use this as a replacement of on prem AD for free, assuming you do not use a vm in Azure to manage AD?

[jaredf]

Can an on-prem domain controller be added at a future date if the domain is created in AADS?

[ifscale]

Fantastic video! Thank you for outlining the difference between Azure AD and Azure AD Domain Services. So basically aadds is a managed instance of Active Directory with the same management tools as on-premise AD but you can't manage the base OS?

Would you consider doing a video on how to configure a tunnel so you can join on-premise Windows endpoints to aadds? Is it different from using a Virtual Network Gateway and a local network gateway object? Is it just regular IPsec to the vNet?

[MuhammadWaqas-grgg]

Hi Robert, I mean is this the way to configure GPO settings for AADDS...i mean bu installing ADDS on a seperate VM???? I mean there must be some other managed way though??? I also remember one of my Instructor also did the same but he installed RSAT feature on that VM instead of ADDS

[animalxxv]

Is it possible to "domain join" my own computer (not on the virtual network) to the AAD Domain Services? I've got a VM to work however struggling to join my computer

[godharan]

Thanks, it's great guide.
However, I have a scenario as below.
There are 1000 of users in an enterprise company which is using on-perm AD.
Now, the question is all those users are using their official PC/Laptops for daily works.
How those users are going to join in that Azure Domain? because it's seems expensive or not a easy way to say clients to login Azure VM ?

[abdavey]

Any issues if your internal domain is a .local?

[peacejon]

I always get the server IP. Could. Not. Be. Contacted when trying to. Add DNS any pointer, , ?