The Azure Stack Development Kit (ASDK) is a single-node deployment of Azure Stack that allows you to evaluate, test, and demonstrate Azure Stack capabilities. It is designed to help developers, and IT professionals familiarize themselves with the Azure Stack platform and to test and validate Azure Stack solutions.
Here is a list of Azure services that are available in ASDK:
- Virtual Machines
- Virtual Machine Scale Sets
- App Service (Web Apps, API Apps, and Functions)
- Blob Storage
- Table Storage
- Queue Storage
- Azure Active Directory (AAD)
- Key Vault
- Networking (Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, and VPN Gateway)
- Traffic Manager
- Azure Resource Manager
Note that SQL support for ASDK was indeed removed in a recent update. If you want to use SQL Server in Azure Stack, you can deploy SQL Server in a virtual machine or use the Azure SQL Database service, which is available in Azure Stack.
Several templates are available with ASDK, including templates for deploying an Active Directory (AD) environment. These templates can be found in the Azure Stack Hub Marketplace, a repository of Azure Resource Manager templates, virtual machine images, and other resources that can be deployed on Azure Stack.
To find templates for deploying an AD environment on ASDK, you can search the Marketplace for "Active Directory" or "AD" and filter the results by "ASDK." This should give you a list of templates that are compatible with ASDK and can be used to deploy an AD environment for testing.
It's also worth noting that some templates designed for use with Azure may not be compatible with ASDK due to differences in the API versions and other technical differences between Azure and Azure Stack. Suppose you encounter an error when deploying a template due to an API version issue. In that case, you may need to modify the template or use a different template that is specifically designed for use with ASDK.
I hope this information is helpful! Let me know if you have any additional questions.