Cannot add new Azure VM to our Domain as DC

Alexander Spak 1 Reputation point
2021-09-28T19:54:33.13+00:00

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.

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  1. cthivierge 3,981 Reputation points
    2021-09-28T23:37:06.173+00:00

    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?

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  2. VipulSparsh-MSFT 16,011 Reputation points
    2021-09-30T04:35:42.63+00:00

    @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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