Deploy Azure Stack On An Azure VM (Part 1)

• Architecture: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-stack/azure-stack-architecture
• Basic Admin Info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-stack/azure-stack-manage-basics
• Deployment Information: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/yagmurs/2017/11/05/deploying-azure-stack-development-kit-asdk-straight-on-azure-vm/

• https://github.com/yagmurs/AzureStack-VM-PoC/tree/development
• VM Size: Standard_E16s_v3
• Admin Password: Set a complex password
• Data Disk Size in GB: 256
• Data Disk Count: 4
• Public DNS: Set a unique DNS name
• Leave other settings as default

• Connect to the newly deployed Azure VM using RDP to its public IP address
• Username in the template is “administrator” 
• Password is whatever you set
  • You may need to use the Azure password reset tool to reset the password

• Open PowerShell (ensure you run as administrator) and run the following:

  Set-Location "C:\AzureStackOnAzureVM" .\Install-ASDK.ps1

• Enter the password for the local “Administrator” user (same password used to log into the computer)
  • Re-enter the password
• Enter the username of the Azure AD user with Global Admin permission that you created earlier
  • For example: doazurestack@whatever.onmicrosoft.com
• Enter the Azure AD user password
  • Re-enter the password
• Enter “1” to select “Azure Latest 1807” and enter “C” to confirm
• The deployment will start. After about one hour, the system will auto-shutdown. This happens after the Azure VM is joined to the domain.
  • Wait about 6 hours for the rest of the deployment to complete
  • If you sign in as a local admin after the machine is joined to the domain, you won’t see the deployment progress.
  • Do not rerun deployment, instead sign out and sign back in as “AzureStack\AzureStackAdmin” to validate that the deployment process is still running.

Post-Installation Configuration (Approx 1.5 hours)

• Follow the instructions on the link below to install Azure Stack PowerShell modules, other Azure stack tools, to activate the tenant admin/user portals and to extend password reset to 180 days (Approx 35 minutes)
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-stack/asdk/asdk-post-deploy
    • Admin Portal registration: https://adminportal.local.azurestack.external/guest/signup
    • User Portal registration: https://portal.local.azurestack.external/guest/signup
      • Log into both portals with the Azure AD User account that you created earlier. For example: doazurestack@whatever.onmicrosoft.com