<div>
Thanks Cliff, your answer gave me a good starting point.<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
J
</div>


Thanks Cliff, your answer gave me a good starting point.

Regards,
J

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I have been reading up on Azure AD and I see two options come up: Azure Active Directory (AAD) and Azure Active Directory Domain Service (AADDS)? What are their use case? Which one is more suitable for a Hybrid Cloud model?<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Nick
</div>
</div>


I have been reading up on Azure AD and I see two options come up: Azure Active Directory (AAD) and Azure Active Directory Domain Service (AADDS)? What are their use case? Which one is more suitable for a Hybrid Cloud model?

Regards,
Nick

What is the difference between AAD and AADDS in Azure?

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services through datacenters. It provides both platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) services and supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. Cloud Services is a PaaS environment and can be used to create scalable applications and services; there are specific software development kits (SDKs) provided by Microsoft for Python, Java, Node.js and .NET. Azure also has file and storage services, data management, analytics and DNS services.