Cannot add new Azure VM to our Domain as DC

Question

Trying to get rid of our on prem Win Server. We have a Azure VM running Win Server 2019. When trying to add the VM to the domain I get the error saying that "Encountered an error contacting domain DOMAINNAME. The server is not operational"
Not sure what the issue is.
Our on prem is a mess right now as too many IT guys have poked around in there.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

Do you try just to join the vm to the domain or you try to add the vm as a Domain Controller when the vm is in a workgroup?

Answer 2

@Alexander Spak As asked by cthivierge, we would need more information on this. You can have a look at this article as well with this particular error you are facing :
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/identity/fail-to-configure-server-using-server-manager

Also a good article to setup a domain controller in Azure VM : https://vikaskumawat.dev/create-a-domain-controller-in-azure/
Let us know if you still are facing the issue after following above 2 articles.

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