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Microsoft Entra Domain Services pricing

Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers

Microsoft Entra Domain Services provides scalable, high-performance, managed domain services such as domain-join, LDAP, Kerberos, Windows Integrated authentication, and group policy. With the click of a button, administrators can enable managed domain services for virtual machines and directory-aware applications deployed in Azure Infrastructure Services. By maintaining compatibility with Windows Server Active Directory, Microsoft Entra Domain Services allows administrators to easily migrate legacy on-premises applications to the cloud and to centralise management of all applications and all identities in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).

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Important—The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.

Microsoft Entra Domain Services usage is charged per hour, based on the SKU selected by the tenant owner. Note that a standard load balancer and IP will be deployed to run Microsoft Entra Domain Services. Learn more about load balancer pricing.

¹Transactions are given as guidelines for selecting SKU and are not SLA. Directory performance may vary depending on the needs of your applications and amount of authentication requests.

²Object count is given as a guideline for selecting SKU and not limited in the product.

³Daily backups will be retained 7 days, with every 3rd backup being retained 30 days.

⁴Each instance consists of 2 domain controllers for high availability, spread across 2 availability zones (if available in region).

⁵Includes Customised attributes and Cloud-only sync.

⁶Includes forest trusts that can be configured one way inbound, one way outbound, or bidirectional.
Not available	Standard	Enterprise	Premium
Core Service
Suggested auth load (peak, per hour)¹	1 to 3,000	3,000 to 10,000	10,000 to 70,000
Suggested object count²	1 to 25,000	25,000 to 100,000	100,000 to 500,000
Back up frequency	Every 5 Days	Every 3 Days	Daily³
Instances
Managed domain⁴	$-	$-	$-
Features
Replicas	Not available	Available	Available
Extra sync options⁵	Not available	Available	Available
Trusts⁶	Not available	Available	Available