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Create an new AD Domain with 2 Domain Controllers in separate Availability Zones

Create an new AD Domain with 2 Domain Controllers in separate Availability Zones

by Aaron Lower

Last updated: 21-09-2017

This template creates 2 new VMs in separate Availability Zones to be AD DCs (primary and backup) for a new Forest and Domain

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Parameters

Parameter Name	Description
adminUsername	The name of the Administrator of the new VM and Domain
location	Location for the VM, only certain regions support zones during preview.
adminPassword	The password for the Administrator account of the new VM and Domain
domainName	The FQDN of the AD Domain created
dnsPrefix	The DNS prefix for the public IP address used by the Load Balancer
_artifactsLocation	The location of resources such as templates and DSC modules that the script is dependent
_artifactsLocationSasToken	Auto-generated token to access _artifactsLocation

Use the template

PowerShell

New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment -Name <deployment-name> -ResourceGroupName <resource-group-name> -TemplateUri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/active-directory-new-domain-ha-2-dc-zones/azuredeploy.json

Install and configure Azure PowerShell

Command line

azure config mode arm
azure group deployment create <my-resource-group> <my-deployment-name> --template-uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/active-directory-new-domain-ha-2-dc-zones/azuredeploy.json

Install and Configure the Azure Cross-Platform Command-Line Interface

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