Can we add our domain while promoting AD server to domain or we need to keep it as local like abc.local ?

Question

Can we add our domain while promoting AD server to domain or we need to keep it as local like abc.local ?

Answer 1

Hi there,

Yes, you can add your Domain. On the Deployment Configuration page, select "Add a Domain controller to an existing domain". You need to specify the name of the domain in which the new DC will be added.

There is also detailed Info about this on a thread

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/88495/can-i-join-an-azure-vm-server-to-ms-365-then-promo.html

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Answer 2

.local may not be recommended.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/34981.active-directory-best-practices-for-internal-domain-and-network-names.aspx
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/identity/naming-conventions-for-computer-domain-site-ou#domain-names
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/prepare-a-non-routable-domain-for-directory-synchronization?view=o365-worldwide

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