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Microsoft Software and Windows Roles and Features that you can run in Azure

Brian SextonCloud Technology

Many people have questions about what you can and can’t run on Azure infrastructure-as-a-service so I pulled the list and put it here. If your trying to get your migration to Azure underway or have questions, contact me and we can make sure your migration to Azure goes smoothly.

Microsoft Software you can run in a virtual machine that is supported without a problem:

  • Azure AD Connect
  • Microsoft BizTalk Server (2013 and later)
  • Microsoft Dynamics AX (2012 R2 and later)
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP (2013 and later)
  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV (2013 and later)
  • Microsoft Exchange (2013 and later)
  • Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (2010 R2 SP1 and later)
  • Microsoft HPC Pack (2012 and later)
  • Microsoft Project Server (2013 and later)
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server (2010 and later)
  • Microsoft SQL Server (64-bit version of 2008 and later)
  • Microsoft System Center (2012 SP1 and later)
  • Microsoft Team Foundation Server

Microsoft Windows Roles and Features that are supported:

  • Active Directory Certificate Services
  • Active Directory Domain Services
  • Active Directory Federation Services
  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
  • Application Server
  • DNS Server
  • File Services
  • Hyper-V role is supported in Azure Ev3, and Dv3 series VMs
  • Network Policy and Access Services
  • Print and Document Services
  • Web Server (IIS)
  • Windows Server Update Service

Failover Clustering and Remote Desktop Services have specific configuration requirements but are supported with them. Hyper-V requires a certain VM size to be used.

Microsoft Windows Roles that ARE NOT supported across every VM:

  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
  • Hyper-V (Hyper-V role is supported in Azure Ev3, and Dv3 series VMs only)
  • Rights Management Services
  • Windows Deployment Services

Microsoft Windows Features that ARE NOT supported:

  • BitLocker Drive Encryption (on the operating system hard disk, may be used on data disks)
  • Internet Storage Name Server
  • Multipath I/O
  • Network Load Balancing
  • Peer Name Resolution Protocol
  • RRAS
  • DirectAccess
  • SNMP Services
  • Storage Manager for SANs
  • Windows Internet Name Service
  • Wireless LAN Service

For more information, Microsoft has posted a knowledge base article with details here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2721672/microsoft-server-software-support-for-microsoft-azure-virtual-machines