Azure AD Domain Services (AAD DS)

Azure AD Domain Services (AAD DS) is a governance service that enables organizations to enforce rules and ensure compliance across their Azure resources. It provides a framework for defining and applying policies that control the creation and management of resources within an Azure subscription. By using Azure AD Domain Services (AAD DS), administrators can ensure that resources adhere to organizational standards and regulatory requirements. Policies can be used to enforce rules such as requiring specific tag names, restricting resource types, enforcing resource location constraints, or setting quotas on resource usage. Azure AD Domain Services (AAD DS) integrates with Azure Resource Manager and applies policies at various scopes, including subscriptions, resource groups, or individual resources. It also provides real-time compliance monitoring and reporting, enabling organizations to proactively address non-compliance issues and maintain a secure and compliant cloud environment. This service helps simplify governance, reduce manual oversight, and automate compliance enforcement across large-scale deployments. Azure Active Directory Domain Services (AAD DS) is a managed domain service that provides traditional Active Directory (AD) capabilities without the need to deploy and manage domain controllers. It supports features such as domain join, group policy, LDAP, and Kerberos authentication, allowing you to migrate legacy applications and workloads that rely on AD. AAD DS integrates with Azure AD to synchronize user accounts and credentials, enabling seamless authentication and authorization for both cloud-based and on-premises applications. The service offers built-in high availability and scalability, reducing the administrative overhead associated with managing AD infrastructure. By using AAD DS, organizations can extend their existing AD environment to the cloud and support applications that require traditional domain services.