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We are retiring Azure AD Domain Services classic VNET support on 1 March 2023
Target retirement date: March 01, 2023
In 2017, Azure AD Domain Services became available to host in an Azure Resource Manager network. Since then, we have been able to build a more secure service using the Azure Resource Manager’s modern capabilities.
December 2019
Azure Active Directory Domain Services meter name changes
The meter names of Azure Active Directory Domain Services directory objects will change between 10 December 2019 and 1 February 2020. The name changes will be in effect to accommodate upcoming enhancements. This won’t affect existing service behaviour, only the name you see on your bill.
October 2018
Health monitoring and alerts for Azure AD DS
You can monitor the health of your Azure Active Directory Domain Services managed domain and resolve configuration issues that affect your managed domain’s health.
Disable NTLM, TLS v1 and secure your Azure AD DS managed domain
You can secure your Azure AD DS managed domain by disabling NTLM v1 support, TLS v1 and synchronisation of NTLM password hashes from the on-premises Active Directory instance.
Azure AD DS now supports Azure managed disks
Azure AD DS managed domains gain greater availability and resilience with support for Azure managed disks.
General availability: HDInsight Hadoop Enterprise Security Package
Easily set up an HDInsight cluster with Enterprise Security Package that’s joined to an Azure AD DS managed domain.
Public preview: Azure AD authentication for Azure Files SMB access
Secure your Azure Files SMB shares by using your Azure AD DS managed domain.
Improved synchronisation performance from Azure AD to Azure AD DS managed domain
We’ve improved performance of synchronisation from Azure AD to your Azure AD DS managed domain.
Scoped synchronisation from Azure AD to your Azure AD DS managed domain
You can now choose which sets of user accounts should be synchronised into an Azure Active Directory Domain Services managed domain.
Fine-grained password policy support in Azure AD DS
Azure Active Directory Domain Services now supports custom fine-grained password lifetime policies.
December 2017
Azure Active Directory Domain Services supports Azure CSP subscriptions
Azure Active Directory Domain Services now supports Azure CSP subscriptions.
October 2017
General availability: Azure AD DS in the new Azure portal
Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) support in the new Azure portal is generally available.
General availability: Azure AD DS support for Resource Manager virtual networks
Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) now supports virtual networks created through the Azure Resource Manager deployment model.
September 2017
Public preview: Azure AD DS support for Resource Manager virtual networks
Azure Active Directory Domain Services supports virtual networks created through the Resource Manager deployment model. This feature is in public preview.
February 2017
Azure AD Domain Services is available in new regions
Azure Active Directory Domain Services is available in 10 new Azure regions.
May 2016
Public preview: Azure Active Directory Domain Services now available in Australia
Azure Active Directory Domain Services public preview is available in Azure's Australian regions.
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