

Azure AD Connect can't be installed on Small Business Server or Windows Server Essentials before 2019 (Windows Server Essentials 2019 is supported).NET Framework version required is 4.6.2, and newer versions of. We recommend the usage of domain joined Windows Server 2022. You can deploy Azure AD Connect on Windows Server 2016 but since Windows Server 2016 is in extended support, you may require a paid support program if you require support for this configuration. Azure AD Connect must be installed on a domain-joined Windows Server 2016 or later.To read more about securing your Active Directory environment, see Best practices for securing Active Directory.

We recommend hardening the Azure AD Connect server as a Control Plane asset by following the guidance provided in Secure Privileged Access The Azure AD Connect server must be treated as a Tier 0 component as documented in the Active Directory administrative tier model. Follow the guidelines in Securing privileged access. It's important that administrative access to this server is properly secured. The Azure AD Connect server contains critical identity data. The recommended execution policy during installation is "RemoteSigned".įor more information on setting the PowerShell execution policy, see Set-ExecutionPolicy. Ensure that the PowerShell execution policy will allow running of scripts.

If you need more than 500,000 objects, you need a license, such as Microsoft 365, Azure AD Premium, or Enterprise Mobility + Security. If you need even more objects in Azure AD, open a support case to have the limit increased even further. When you verify your domain, the limit increases to 300,000 objects.
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Before you install Azure AD Connectīefore you install Azure AD Connect, there are a few things that you need. This article describes the prerequisites and the hardware requirements for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Connect.
