The DCs in Azure are grouped based upon the Azure regions they reside in.
DCs in North Central US - PLANNED
The DCs in the North Central US region (aka the ZNC DCs) will provide BC/DR for the Austin Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. The ZNC DCs will replace the ZW2 DCs when Availability Zones are availalbe in the North Central US region.
These DCs will be in the Azure-NorthCentralUS site and use InCommon certificates.
- aad-dc-zw2-p01
- aad-dc-zw2-p02
DCs in South Central US
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The DCs in the South Central US region (aka ZSC DCs) will support authentication and authorization for domain-joined devices connected to the Virtual WAN in the same region. The ZSC DCs will be
These DCs are in the AustinAzure-ZSC SouthCentralUS site and will use InCommon certificates The ZSC DCs will be deployed in early-to-mid 2023.
- aad-dc-zsc-p01
- aad-dc-zsc-p02
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The DCs in the West US 2 region (aka the ZW2 DCs) provide BC/DR for the Austin Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. The ZW2 DCs are in the Austin-ZW2 site and use InCommon certificates. The ZW2 DCs will be replaced by the ZNC DCs when Availability Zones are available in the North Central US region when Availability Zones become available in that region.
These DCs are in the Azure-WestUS2 site and use InCommon certificates.
- aad-dc-zw2-p01
- aad-dc-zw2-p02