Figure 4 – Azure Identity and Access Management -IAM-Azure Active Directory – Domain Services – Install Group Policy Management feature 2 So let’s click Next button to proceed to the next page. We can skip the first Before you begin section. Step 4 – This will take us to Add Roles and Features Wizard.
Figure 3 – Azure Identity and Access Management -IAM-Azure Active Directory – Domain Services- Install Group Policy Management feature 1 Under ‘ Configure this local server ‘ click on Add roles and features link as shown in the following figure. Select the Start menu => choose Server Manager . Step 3 – After we connected to the VM, select Administrative Tools from the Start screen. Figure 2 – Azure Identity and Access Management -IAM-Azure Active Directory – Domain Services – Login To VM In the Overview pane for our VM, select Connect, then Bastion => provide the credentials of an user, who is a member of built-in ADD DC Administrators group and click Connect to connect the VM. Here I am connecting the VM through BASTION . As we an see in the following figure, there are different ways to connect with VM. Figure 1 – Azure Identity and Access Management -IAM-Azure Active Directory – Domain Services – VM To Be Join
Also we have discussed how to join this VM to a managed domain and install administrative tools on the VM, in our previous session. I have created a virtual machine named as ‘Manas-AADDS’. Step 1 – Login to Azure Portal and Create a new Window Server Virtual Machine (VM) under same VNet where we have configured our Azure AD DS but in different subnet.
Let’s go through the following steps and install it.
These tools can be installed as a feature in Windows Server. We need to install this tool, if not installed yet. Group Policy Management tools is a very important tool to manage and configure Group Policy Object (GPOs). Install Group Policy Management Tools In Domain Joined VM : A user account that’s a member of the Azure AD DC administrators group in your Azure AD tenant.A Windows Server management VM that is joined to the Azure AD DS managed domain.An Azure Active Directory Domain Services managed domain enabled and configured in your Azure AD tenant.We need to edit one of the default GPOs or create a custom GPO, if we want to define configuration settings for users or computers in Azure AD DS.īefore we proceed to create our custom group policy, we need the following resources and privileges. In a hybrid environment, group policies configured in an on-premises AD DS environment aren’t synchronized to Azure AD DS. Members of the Azure AD DC administrators group have Group Policy administration privileges in the Azure AD DS domain. We can customize these built-in GPOs to configure Group Policy as required for our organization. Azure AD DS includes built-in GPOs for the AADDC Users and AADDC Computers containers. Using GPO, we can manage the settings of user objects and computer objects. Group Policy Objects (GPO) has played a very important role in Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS). Next Article : Part 32 – Azure Active Directory – Application Management 1 – Overview Part 30 – Azure Active Directory – Domain Service ( Azure AD-DS) 5 – Create An Organizational Unit (OU) Part 29 – Azure Active Directory – Domain Service ( Azure AD-DS) 4 – Install Management Tools In A Domain Joined VM Part 28 – Azure Active Directory – Domain Service ( Azure AD-DS) 3 – Join Windows Server VM To An Azure AD DS Managed Domain Part 27 – Azure Active Directory – Domain Service ( Azure AD DS) 2 – Configure An Azure AD DS Managed Domain Part 26 – Azure Active Directory – Domain Service ( Azure AD-DS) 1 – Overview Part 25 – Azure Active Directory – Identity Governance Part 23 – Azure Active Directory – Terms Of Use Part 22 – Azure Active Directory – Entitlement Management 4 – Entitlement Management Roles 3 – Requestor And Approver Part 21 – Azure Active Directory – Entitlement Management 3 – Entitlement Management Roles 2 – Access Package Manager Part 20 – Azure Active Directory – Entitlement Management 2 – Entitlement Management Roles 1 – Administrator And Catalog Creator Part 3 – Azure Active Directory – Create Custom Directory Role & Assign Role using Power-Shell Part 2 – Azure Active Directory – Enterprise Users Part 1 – Azure Active Directory – Overview If you have missed our previous articles on Azure Identity And Access Management (IAM), please check it in following links. Today In this article, we will discuss how to Manage Group Policy Object (GPO) In Azure Active Directory Domain Services managed domain. In our last articles we have discussed, How To Create An Organizational Unit (OU).