What is Entra ID, Entra Domain Services, and Windows AD?

Azure AD is now Entra ID! But the change doesn’t stop there. The names of almost all Azure AD Identity services were changed to Entra. In this video, we review the name change from Azure AD to Microsoft Entra. After that, we review the differences between Entra ID, Entra Domain Services and Azure AD including use cases for each.

00:00 - Start
01:12 - Microsoft Cloud Services
02:22 - Azure AD to Entra AD Name Changes
03:07 - Microsoft Directory Services
03:17 - Windows AD
03:52 - Legacy Network Security
04:44 - Zero Trust
05:45 - Entra ID
06:19 - Hybrid Identities
07:05 - Entra Domain Services
07:48 - Identity Replication
08:10 - Directory Services Feature Comparison

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[vonschwarcz]

I like that your videos are up to date and using the recent naming within Azure. (I really don't like when i see a recent video and still using the word 'Azure AD')

[muzzybehning]

This is a great compact video explaining the 3 similarities and differences. Keep them coming!

Excellent explanation I couldn't understand the difference reading the documentation until watching this video.

[Pilami_]

Love your updates, easy to digest and to the point. I watch every single one.

[selfselfself]

One of the best instructional videos I've seen for some time. Thank you.

[Oli-ola-ekel]

One of the best teachers out there for Azure. Thank you!

[shannonedias]

Wow that was a great explanation in such a short time, thank you

[zishan]

Thanks a lot for the explanation; I really enjoyed the video

[hbcmc]

bit of a bummer that this isn't a drop-in replacement for iaas windows ad.

[tommyyang]

Can you be my college professor? You explain this stuff much better.

[Centrodeeventostroya]

can i repleace the on premise AD with Entra ID ?

[allenbythesea]

This was very concise and easy to follow. So a question I have is if my org has ms 365 and azure services. Do I need p1 licenses on the ms 365 side and also the domain services on the azure side to be able to use group policies?

[jaydenritchie]

Entry level id entry level domain, just need to purchase windows server if you want to start a domain/website hosting business

[aarone]

This seems like another one of those contradictory situations with MS/Azure and the Future state – the road that most/everyone is being steered down as passengers.

One thing I am still trying to understand is how to provision a fundamental requirement for a file share where you can set ACLs that is hosted in Azure. I have established that its not do-able in a PURE AAD/Entra ID setup. Do Domain Services help here?

To clarify, I am talking a fileshare in an azure storage account. Again, I specifically point out a need for ACLs in the fileshare (i.e. the folders) – so ‘token’ authentication does not help. This really seems to be an omission that no-one is talking about and/or calling out. If you were starting from scratch/nothing today to setup an environment and did not want any on-prem to worry about, how would you do it?

[garimasharma]

I have a requirement of deleting Microsoft entra domain service from one subscription and recreate the same in another subscription. After deleting the entra domain service how I can take backup of users computers and gpos and recreate same in new entra domain service

[tshedisoskizo]

hi can i use Microsoft Entra cloud services only on cloud because my on prem server its only for legacy applications

[hugaotv]

Hi guys, m having a lot of trouble with join with my account, and i kinda know that is because i dont have all the permissions that i should have... Someone can asnwer to me what is the license that i need to? (sorry for my bad english, im brazilian)

[CEOComputers-Encino]

i am trying to move a physical on premise server 2016 standard with 30 users to the cloud. I do want to keep the profile of each user (workstation) intact. What is the best way to do this?