Windows Azure Virtual Machine Domain Provisioning with PowerShell

27th of July, 2012 / / 5 Comments

Windows Azure Virtual Machines preview allows persistent Virtual Machines which retain the same private addresses on reboot. This means that Active Directory can easily run in Azure without worry of the Domain Controller IP changing. This also means that Virtual Machines running in Azure that can be joined to your on-premise Active Directory using a site-to-site IPsec VPN. The Azure VMs then act like a branch network with full connectivity. I covered setting up TMG 2010 as a VPN endpoint (instead of using Cisco or Juniper hardware devices) for Windows Azure Virtual Network in a previous post.… [Keep reading] “Windows Azure Virtual Machine Domain Provisioning with PowerShell”

Windows Azure Virtual Network VPN with TMG 2010

25th of July, 2012 / / 25 Comments

Microsoft announced Windows Azure Virtual Network and Windows Azure Virtual Machines in June 2012 to provide IaaS ‘Hybrid Cloud’ functionality.

What this allows is persistent Virtual Machines (which retain the same private addresses) running in Azure that can be joined to your on-premise Active Directory using a site-to-site IPsec VPN. The Azure VMs then act like a branch network with full connectivity and you can add Domain Controllers in the Azure Virtual Network.

This is still a preview release and Microsoft currently only support specific Cisco and Juniper devices that have been tested.… [Keep reading] “Windows Azure Virtual Network VPN with TMG 2010”

Configuring ASP.NET 4.5 for Windows Azure Active Directory

14th of July, 2012 / / 6 Comments

Yesterday, the Active Directory team announced the Developer Preview of Windows Azure Active Directory (AD). Windows Azure AD is Identity Management as a Service. Today, it is the identity provider for Office 365, Dynamics CRM Online, and Windows Intune. The Developer Preview enables developers to implement Web Single Sign-On (SSO) for Software as a Service, and line-of-business, and cloud applications.

With the new announcement, Vittorio Bertocci published a deep-dive article that describes Web SSO with Windows Azure AD.… [Keep reading] “Configuring ASP.NET 4.5 for Windows Azure Active Directory”