Step 4. Deploy Active Roles Web Interface
Perform the following tasks to deploy the Active Roles Web Interface:
- Create a virtual machine based on a Windows Server 2016 image published in Windows Azure.
When creating the virtual machine, on the Virtual machine configuration page, select the Cloud Service that you created for the SQL Server virtual machine in Deploying Microsoft SQL Server. This will automatically select the correct Virtual Network as this Cloud Service is already used to host the Active Roles Administration Service and SQL Server virtual machines. For more information, see Create Virtual Machine and Deploy to Virtual Network in Add a Virtual Machine to a Virtual Network.
- Join the newly created virtual machine to your Active Directory domain.
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Connect to the virtual machine using Remote Desktop, and run the Active Roles setup to install the Active Roles Web Interface (see Installing and configuring the Web Interface).
When prompted, choose the option to connect to the Administration Service on the specified computer, and specify the fully qualified domain name of the virtual machine you deployed in Step 3. Deploy Active Roles Administration Service.