Can't add AzureAD user to a a local shared folder
I have an Azure/Entra only network. All users are licensed with M365-F1 and M365-Business Standard. All PCs are Intune managed and Autopilot deployed. None are assigned to specific users. I have one local Entra-joined and Intune managed PC running…
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Azure Local Resource Groups
Is there any documentation on how to use resource groups with Azure Local? For example how to sort your clusters, VMs, other resources that are tied to the local cluster. Do all VMs built and its resources go into the same resource group as the…
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Could anyone please provide Microsoft Documentation which confirms if with Azure Local (23H2), in a 4 node configuration a witness is required for achieving Simultaneous 2 node failure resiliency.
Could anyone please provide Microsoft Documentation which confirms if with Azure Local (23H2), in a 4 node configuration a witness is required for achieving Simultaneous 2 node failure resiliency ?
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Azure Local (Stack) Storage Network Configuration
Hi, I am trying to understand the rational of having Storage Replication Traffic on a management network and then having a dedicated storage network for all the storage traffic. In the Azure console we have the following types; Group network traffic…
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Azure Local Deployment Failed - How do I recover the nodes to try again?
After nearly 100 hours of just awfulness, I finally got to the point where I cleared validation and began the deployment. However, it hung after each of the nodes were adopted into the AD. Now each node is stuck autobooting to deploy and won't let me…
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Unable to Download Azure Stack HCI ISO from Azure Portal
Dear Azure Support, I am currently trying to download the ISO for Azure Stack HCI (Azure Local) via the Azure portal, but I am unable to find any option or link to download the ISO file from the interface. I have followed the standard procedures and…
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Failed to onboard Azure Local Node to Azure Arc
I am trying to set up a new Azure Local cluster with 2 nodes. I onboarded the nodes to Azure Arc (using Invoke-AzStackHciArcInitialization) but it only installed 2 extensions out of the 4 for each node. I suspected this was because I used region…
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Azure Local 3-way mirroring
I have azure local with 3 nodes and the storage configured as 3-way mirroring. I can see in the documentation for 3-way mirroring this mean the data will be spread to all nodes and the efficiency is…
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Azure Local Storage
I have 3 node Azure Local, and in the cluster storage i have 3 storage like below pic. Can i know those 3 server indicated storage for each node? And also is the content of the storage will be same for all nodes? Example data i userstorage_1 will be…
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Azure Local Deployment Hung at "Check network requirements" during Validation
Starting to go a bit crazy here but I'm 55 hours into an attempt at deploying an Azure Local cluster. Downloaded 2504, installed it on all the nodes, got a correctly setup AD, made sure my NICs support RDMA and are certified "premium" in all…
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I cannot download a Marketplace Image to my Azure Local 2504 instance
Brand new Azure Local 2504 deployment: Solution: 12.2504.1001.20 OS Build: 26100.3775 I have created 2x CSVs on the cluster and added them as Storage Paths: After waiting about 60 minutes and refreshing the Portal a dozen times, I still cannot…
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Azure Local deployment issue regarding connecting to AD
Hi, I have one machine connected with Azure Arc where I would like to deploy Azure Local on. During deployment, I get validation errors regarding the InvokeEnvironmentChecker. When I locally perform the checker, everything seems healthy but doing it…
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How to Entra ID join a Win 11 Multisession VM in Azure Local
My organization uses AVD for desktop virtualization. Our AVD VMs are running in Azure. We use the AADLoginForWindows extension on these VMs so AVD consumers can use their Entra creds for sign-in. We've started experimenting with Azure Local (fka Azure…
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Azure Local 23H2 validation error
Exception Type 'InvokeEnvironmentChecker' of Role 'DeploymentService' raised an exception: System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException: Fail to initialize cloud deployment: SBE package and manifest validation failed with code…
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Azure Local issue missing KB
Hello, I try to install Azure local instance on virtual HyperV Windows Server. All validation step works be the last one not. The error message is Type 'ValidateOSImageRecipe' of Role 'EnvironmentValidator' raised an exception: {…
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Unable to deploy AVD using Azure Local due to timeout when using Custom Image.
I am trying to deploy AVD using a custom image created on the Azure Local host with Windows 11 Multi Session. I am getting the errors below and I think it is caused by this role that fails every 5 mins or so. The role is MOC Cloud Agent Service. I could…
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My AKS cluster's status on Azure local is always in upgrading for many days
My AKS cluster's status on Azure local is always in upgrading for many days
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Resolving Stuck Solution Updates in Azure Local 23H2 Version: 10.2411.0.22
Two solution updates are showing the state NotApplicableBecauseAnotherUpdateIsInProgress. The following information is provided for both updates: SBE Package for Lenovo ThinkAgileMXStandard ResourceId: redmond/SBE4.1.2503.1002 State:…
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How to Resolve Azure Local Deployment Stuck in Cleanup After OS Update
Azure Local Deployment Stuck in Clean Up after the OS update. Looking at the logs it seems it stuck when installing versioned components: 0.7 InProgress Clean up after update …
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New Install of Azure Local impossible
Sometime yesterday afternoon (24th March 2025) the LCMController extension was updated for an ARC connected VM. This has completely broken a new installation of Azure Local due to a strict version check for the LCMController extension. The extension…