Migration from On-Premise AD to Azure Entra for a Leading Automotive Parts Manufacturer in the US
Industry:
Automotive
Region:
USA
Technology:
Azure AD
About the Client
A leading US-based automotive parts manufacturer sought to modernize its identity and access management system across 10+ locations and 200+ employees.
Challenges
- On-premises Active Directory (AD) was complex to manage and lacked scalability
- Group Policies (GPOs) were outdated and incompatible with modern device management approaches
- Legacy systems and applications (few were on Windows 2000 OS)
- There was a growing need for secure, centralised identity and access management across locations
Solutions
- Began with an OS upgrade roadmap to migrate legacy applications to modern operating systems
- Migrated the on-premises Active Directory to Azure Entra
Results
- Azure Entra enabled centralized control and simplified identity governance across all 10+ locations
- Secured access controls and modern GPOs managed via Intune improved compliance with internal IT policies
- 200+ employees experienced minimal disruption due to the hybrid identity synchronization during the migration
