DC's will only slow you down if you have many calls for tokens. unless you have some LOB - SSO sitution the lowest tier I would go is A1.
My 2 cents
good luck
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RE: Powershell to add alias to users mailboxposted in IT Discussion
I usually use AD modify for this.. much easier and has a rollback feature in case you mess something up.
http://admodify.codeplex.com/Let me know if that works for you if not then I will look over the script and test it on a clean AD for you.
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RE: Azure VM provision from image issueposted in IT Discussion
I hope you did a backup before sysprep...
Restore from backup
Power on VHD on Hyper-V 2012 and update the integration drivers
Shutdown the VHD
Copy the VHD to your Storage Blob Using How-To
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/120949-migrate-hyper-v-vms-to-azure-with-os-disks-bigger-than-128gb-using-powershell