The environment: I'm doing all this on Azure. So, there is no VPN involved. I have a domain controller and a virtual network up and running on Azure. I successfully deployed a SQL Server machine using PowerShell, and that machine was provisioned fine and added to the domain. So, recapping: domain controller up and running, and another VM up and running, joined to the domain successfully and running SQL Server.
Now, here's the issue. I wanted to try and create another VM using the GUI in windows Azure instead of using PowerShell. I went ahead and created the VM successfully. Then when right-clicking on Computer/properties for this new VM, I see that it is NOT joined to the domain. It's in the default WORKGROUP. I try joining the domain and I get the message "An Active Directory domain controller for the domain <domain.com> could not be contacted".
So, what gives? How do I join VMs created through the Azure GUI to my domain. I already know it is up and running and it should be able to take new VMs. I can do it using PowerShell. But I do not want to. Is it a limitation of WindowsAzure? Only VMs created using PowerShell can be added to the domain?? If that is the case this sounds like a really bad job from Microsoft.
Any help much appreciated.
Raphael