Creating a Microsoft Azure Active Directory

Create a Microsoft Azure AD Tenant

Now that we have a Microsoft Azure subscription, we are going to create a Microsoft Azure Active Directory Tenant. This will be the cloud directory that we synchronize our on-premises AD directory with. Create a Microsoft Azure AD Tenant Use the following procedure to sign-up for a Microsoft Azure free trial.

As explain on previous post Azure AD comes with 3 versions. Once you subscribed with required version, to setup log in to Azure Management Portal.

1. If you are not already signed in to the Microsoft Azure Portal, do this first.

2. In the Microsoft Azure Portal, on the left, scroll down and click Active Directory. This will take you to the active directory screen in the Microsoft Azure portal.

Then click on +new button on the left hand bottom corner.

4. At the bottom, click New. This will bring up a pop up menu, where you will select Directory on the right-most column.

Then go and click on App Services > Active Directory > Directory

5. Click Custom Create. Then fill out the fields below in the Add directory dialog box. For the name, use a unique name that you would like to use for your lab. If the new is not unique, the interface will let you know! The green check mark lets you know when it is unique.

5. Ensure Create new directory is selected and then enter the Name, Domain Name, and select a country or region from the drop-down. Click the check mark in the lower right hand corner.

6. The directory should now be created and will appear at the top of the “active directory” page in the Azure Portal.