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Validation Overview

AzL Beacon presents a split menu at boot. Choose the path that matches your planned deployment type.

Paths at a glance

Path Use when AD Category 4 Key Vault check
Active Directory Deploying to an AD-joined environment ✅ included —
Local Identity (AD-less) Deploying without Active Directory ❌ skipped ✅ included
Networking & Firewall Network-focused check (any identity type) ❌ skipped —
Full sweep Comprehensive run (choose AD or Local Identity sub-path) Configurable — 
  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │  Validation Menu                                    │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │  1)  Active Directory deployment                    │
  │  2)  Local Identity (AD-less) deployment            │
  │  3)  Networking and Firewall                        │
  │  4)  Full readiness sweep                           │
  │  5)  Arc integration validation                     │
  ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │  6)  Network settings (re-run bootstrap)            │
  │  7)  Open PowerShell console                        │
  │  0)  Exit to command prompt                         │
  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

6 validation categories

Category Name Paths
1 Basic network connectivity (NIC, IP, gateway) All
2 DNS (forward/reverse/TCP/UDP) All
3 Active Directory ports (LDAP/Kerberos/RPC/DNS/LDAPS + SRV) AD, Full-AD
4 Azure endpoint sweep All
5 AzStackHci.EnvironmentChecker (connectivity + network validators) All
6 Arc integration (optional — requires Azure device-code login) Optional on all paths

All test targets derive from the three Microsoft/Dell source documents: