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Simon,<br />
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Thank you for your response. I'm assuming for any domain joined server in Azure there needs to be a DC in Azure because that is a separate AD Site. There is no way to have your current AD Site &quot;extended&quot; to Azure, correct?<br />
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Thanks.
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Simon,

Thank you for your response. I'm assuming for any domain joined server in Azure there needs to be a DC in Azure because that is a separate AD Site. There is no way to have your current AD Site "extended" to Azure, correct?

Thanks.

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For an on-premise Exchange 2013 environment has anyone put a File Witness Server in Azure? If so did you have to also put a DC in Azure. The only article I could find said you need a DC also. I'm trying to avoid putting a DC in Azure.<br />
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Here is the article I'm referring to:<br />
<a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn903504%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396" rel="ugc">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn903504%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396</a><br />
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Thanks.
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For an on-premise Exchange 2013 environment has anyone put a File Witness Server in Azure? If so did you have to also put a DC in Azure. The only article I could find said you need a DC also. I'm trying to avoid putting a DC in Azure.

Here is the article I'm referring to:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn903504%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Thanks.

Exchange 2013 FWS in Azure

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Exchange

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