Project Overview
Modern businesses often need the reliability of on-premises infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of the cloud. Our Active Directory Domain Controller Migration to a Hybrid Environment with Azure bridges this gap. This one-time IT project is designed to transition your current AD infrastructure into a hybrid identity model, where your on-premises Active Directory and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) work in sync.
What is a Hybrid Environment?
A Hybrid Environment in IT refers to an infrastructure model that combines both on-premises systems and cloud-based services, allowing them to work together in a unified way.
In the context of Active Directory, this means integrating your traditional on-premises AD with Azure Active Directory, Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service.
This model enables centralized identity management, supports modern authentication, and allows organizations to gradually transition workloads to the cloud while retaining critical on-premises systems.
Key Features of a Hybrid AD Environment
- Centralized Identity & Access Management: Synchronize user identities across on-premises and cloud platforms, simplifying administration and enhancing control.
- Azure AD Connect Integration: Seamlessly sync identities between Active Directory and Azure AD, enabling single sign-on (SSO) and secure access to Microsoft 365 and other SaaS apps.
- Resilient Infrastructure: Retain on-premises domain controllers for local authentication and network resource access, even without internet connectivity.
- Cloud Scalability: Expand quickly by leveraging Azure’s cloud services without needing to overhaul your entire infrastructure.
- Flexible Authentication Methods: Use password hash sync, pass-through authentication, or federation depending on your security needs.
- Improved Security Posture: Access modern cloud security features like Conditional Access, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Identity Protection, and more.
- Cost Optimization: Avoid unnecessary infrastructure costs by selectively migrating to the cloud at your own pace.
- Future-Proofing Your IT: Lay the groundwork for future cloud migrations, Microsoft 365 expansion, or Zero Trust implementation.
📞 Ready to modernize your Active Directory with a hybrid setup?
Contact us today for a free consultation and see how we can streamline your migration to Hybrid Environment with Azure while keeping your on-prem infrastructure secure and functional.
