Move from SBS 2003 to Azure?
I have domain currently on Windows Small Business Server 2003. It has 20 users. It provides Active Directory logins, DNS, DHCP, limited file sharing (most I’ve migrated to Office 365).
I’ve created an account in Azure and have it linked with our business Office 365.
Instead of a migration, can I purchase a new Windows Server 2016 Essentials and sync it to the Azure account I’ve already created?
Do I just use the same domain name that is with Azure during setup?
What fees would be associated with this on Azure? It’s is per user or per device?
Should I even be considering this type of setup?
This is at a church and I’m the IT department.
Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.
I’ve created an account in Azure and have it linked with our business Office 365.
Instead of a migration, can I purchase a new Windows Server 2016 Essentials and sync it to the Azure account I’ve already created?
Do I just use the same domain name that is with Azure during setup?
What fees would be associated with this on Azure? It’s is per user or per device?
Should I even be considering this type of setup?
This is at a church and I’m the IT department.
Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.
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I’m interested in removing the SBS Server completely. And I thought I could streamline and simplify by using Azure/Office 365 for login.
From your comment, it looks like it would cost me $4 per user to use Azure AD Premium.
Over the last few months I have joined three new computers to the Azure Active Directory using Azure AD join. This didn’t cost me anything additional and the users can use the same login they use for Office 365 Business Premium subscription. So from these tests, I thought I could eventually move all my users to Azure for authentication and retire the SBS. I’m not sure that I need an onsite server at all. I could handle DHCP and DNS with the firewall/router.
I’ve considered your suggestion of adding a domain controller and migrating off the existing SBS. The domain name is setup as name.local and I thought a clean start might be better than dealing with the mess in the current active directory. I am not currently doing any AD sync (SBS 2003 isn’t compatible with Azure) If I did need an onsite server, I wondered if I could pull the domain info from Azure/Office 365.
Again, thank you for your comments.