There is no doubt that Microsoft has fully embraced The Cloud. While “Mobile first, cloud first” might be a silly statement, there is no doubt that Microsoft means it. There are very few on-premises products that Microsoft has much interest in selling at all. If there is a cloud-based option for any solution, Microsoft is going to push that cloud version at the expense of the on-premises version.

It’s also clear that Microsoft big advantage over other cloud providers in the ability to provide hybrid solutions. Not every solution can be cloud-only, and aside from maybe Windows itself, I would say Active Directory leads that category. On-premises Active Directory isn’t going away.

In this blog post we’re going to look at on-premises Active Directory and my suggestions for how to keep it healthy. I’ll try to cover all the big points you to keep your organization’s Active Directory happy, healthy and functional.