DC on Azure

Question

Hi,

I want to replace my on premise server which contains a file server and DC and migrate it to Azure.

My on premise LAN is connected with a VPN gateway to my Azure Virtul Network.

Is it possible to have two DC servers on Azure (nothing on premise) and my on premise computers in the Azure VMs domain ?

Regards.

Answer 1

Hello @Taieb Y
Yes it is possible, but your VPN connection must be stable and secured.

1. Setup S2S VPN or Express Route between on-premise LAN and Azure Virtul Network.
2. Create a VM in Azure, join it to the domain and then promote it to DC with DNS.
3. Replicate DNS to newly created Azure DC, and then reconfigure onpremise computer's DNS IP settings to Azure DC.
4. Get rid of the on-premise DC by moving DC forest and domain roles from on-premise DCs to Azure DC(s) and unjoin on-premise DC.

Answer 2

Thank you for your answer @Andriy Bilous

Everything is clear now.

Regards.