I am adding active directory login to a internal application but wanted to test it in an isolated environment, does Azure Active Directory offer any way I can create a 'test' AD to authenticate the user via LDAP to provide me with this isolated environment?
Azure Active Directory is a multi-tenant service that provides identity and access management for cloud applications. It's not the same as Server Active Directory nor is it an instance of Windows Server AD running in a Virtual Machine in Azure.
So, to answer your question - no.
If you want an instance of Server AD to test LDAP queries on you could spin one up in a Virtual Machine. You will need to put it in a Virtual Network. Also, create an instance of a Virtual Machine to run your application on that you want to test.
This tutorial should take care of it for you.
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-new-forest-virtual-machine/
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We have a couple of VMs in Azure, and want to use one of them as an RDS session host for user workstations. This requires us to buy CALs and setup the appropriate RDS services.
No problem there, but it also requires the VM to be joined to an Active Directory domain, which we don't have.
Azure offers AD Domain Services, but at USD$100 per month, it seems pricey, for not much return.
Since Active Directory is a standard Windows service, is there anything stopping us from simply installing this role on one of our existing VMs and running our own domain controller?
If not, why would anyone be paying monthly for Azure AD DS?
Any advantages to either approach? We're a small enterprise, and will not be using AD for managing resources, only for identity management.
We are developing a HTML5/Angular web application with a server backend that willb be hosted in MS Azure which will also authenticate via the Azure Active Directory. However, during development, there is occasionally the need to work offline and disconnected from the internet. When this happens it is not possible to debug and test the application as it is not possible to reach Active Directory to authenticate.
It is possible to create a local Virtual Machine in VirtualBox with all the necessary AD functionality included and then switch the software to use that local VM in development mode but then Azure AD in release mode?
If it is, what steps/roles etc.. will need to be installed in my local Server VM.
Many thanks
Alan
No, it is impossible to use the feature provide by Azure AD without internet connect.
It is possible to create a local Virtual Machine in VirtualBox with all the necessary AD functionality included and then switch the software to use that local VM in development mode but then Azure AD in release mode?
If you want to use the authentication, you may need to setup your own Identity Provider server when you are working off-line. There are a lot of open source library can help to setup the Identity Provider server like IndentyServer,
AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server etc.
I am running a .NET website web app (App Service) and a separate windows Azure VM running onprem AD Domain controller.There is no connection between onprem AD with Azure AD.I want to access windows VM Active directory (Azure VM) objects under my WebApp/website. Is this possible to access Azure VM Active directory objects through my website ( web app) ? And if yes please suggest the secured way.
Thanks
Consider to use Azure Virtual Network to put your resources (Web App included) into the one virtual network. Then you should be able to query what you need. Tutorial. Or Web Apps Hybrid Connections.
Is there a way to connect from a web app (azure app service) to a SQL Server VM in Azure using Windows authentication? I'm not exactly sure if I need to impersonate or if the app needs to run under the identity that has access to the DB on the SQL Server.
I believe that you can do this - but you will need to share a Active Directory between the two - or have then in a private network together so that they are in the same broadcast subnet.
If you need to use your own Active Directory the create a network and a VPN to your site.
If you don't need to use Active Directory then use SQL Auth.
Looks like it is not possible, although it may be with Azure SQL. But not a VM running MSSQL. Ref links below.
SQL Server Integrated Security from an Azure Web Site
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-aad-authentication/
I would like to ask one question as title. In some requirements we want to use internal AD account to run an application pool which was hosted in cloud service. And we found the instance of the cloud service does not in internal AD environment. Seems we should do some integration configuration before, but I don’t have any idea about it. Any suggestions?
Jeff, you would need to do the following:
1) Setup a Virtual Network in Azure.
Virtual Network: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj156007.aspx
2) Setup a VPN from your on-premise network to the Azure Virtual Network (VNET). You can use either a Point-to-Site (basically server-to-network) or Site-to-Site (network-to-network) VPN.
Site-to-Site: https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/vpn-gateway-site-to-site-create/
Point-to-Site: https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/vpn-gateway-point-to-site-create/
3) Create at least one Virtual Machine and configure it as a Domain Controller that is joined to your on-premise Domain. This DC will no different to any other DC you'd setup on-premise.
Stand-alone DC in Azure: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn275963.aspx
4) Domain-join your Virtual Machines or Paas Web / Worker roles. Web / Worker Roles are slightly tricky but it can be done.
A bit old, but gives you an idea: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_azure_connect_team_blog/archive/2010/12/10/domain-joining-windows-azure-roles.aspx
Then the last thing is to setup App Pool user's as you would normally.
HTH
You can integrate your on-premise Active Directory with your Azure Active Directory.
See: Azure Active Directory