This template will deploy a new VM (along with a new VNet, Storage Account and Load Balancer) and will configure it as a Domain Controller and create a new forest and domain.
There are a number of issues\workarounds in this template and the associated DSC Script:
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There is no way (that I can find) to modify a VNet (or any other resource) after it has been created in a template, this template creates a DNS Server and therefore the IP address of that server needs to be specified as a DNS Server in the VNet, however in order for this VM to sucessfully deploy and be configured there needs to be a DNS Server available, this DNS Server is specified as a parameter () ideally we would update the VNet with the IP Address of the new VM once it has been deployed instead. This value should be provided in the DNSServerAddress parameter, the default value is 8.8.8.8.
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Version 1.7 of the DSC Extension has a problem whereby the script execution policy will not allow scripts to be executed , therefore the DSC script provided updates the execution policy before the DSC extension is run and then sets it back to default once the configuration has been applied.
3. The template deployment may report failure even thought the script succeeds
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Below are the parameters that the template expects
| Name | Description |
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| newStorageAccountName | Name of the storage account to create |
| storageAccountType | Type of the storage account
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| deploymentLocation | Location where to deploy the resource
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| subscriptionId | Your Azure Subscription Id |
| virtualNetworkName | Name of the Virtual Network |
| virtualNetworkAddressRange | Virtual Network Address Range
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| adSubnetName | Name of Subnet for AD VM |
| adSubnet | Address prefix for adSubnetName
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| adNicName | The name of the NIC attached to the new VM |
| adNicIPAddress | The IP address of the new AD VM
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| publicIPAddressName | Name of the public IP address to create |
| publicIPAddressType | Type of Public IP Address
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| adVMName | Name for the VM |
| adminUsername | Admin username for the VM This will also be used as the domain admin user name |
| adminPassword | Admin password for the VM This will also be used as the domain admin password and the SafeMode password |
| adVMSize | Size of the VM
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| adImageName | Name of image to use for the VM
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| vmContainerName | The container name in the storage account where VM disks are stored |
| adAvailabilitySetName | The name of the availability set that the AD VM is created in |
| domainName | The FQDN of the AD Domain created |
| domainNetbiosName | The NetBIOS name of the AD Domain created |
| adModulesURL | The URL to the zip containing the DSC package that creates and installs AD |
| adConfigurationFunction | The name of the DSC Configuration Function that configures the VM , creates the AD Domain etc.
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| addnsName | The DNS prefix for the public IP address used by the Load Balancer |
| DNSServerAddress | The DNS address of the first DNS Server used by the VNET
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| RDPPort | The public RDP port for the VM |