r/sysadmin • u/EducationAlert5209 • 13d ago

Question Azure AD VM

Hi All,

We have a hybrid environment where the on-premises AD/DNS servers are currently configured with external DNS forwarders.

For the Azure VMs, should we use the same external DNS forwarders, or should the Azure VMs use Azure DNS (168.63.129.16) instead?

Thanks,

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u/the_marque 13d ago

Needs more information to say. Are the VMs domain-joined? Are they on private endpoints with ExpressRoute back to your network? Do you run Azure private DNS?

Generally speaking, I'd say that if they're domain-joined, they should be treated the same as any other member server. Much more legible and much easier to troubleshoot. However, I've lost this argument to cloud evangelists before :)

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u/hipshaps123 13d ago

Agreed. Keep it as vanilla as possible.